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McAllen ISD holds public hearing on 2023–24 district annual report; accountability ratings pending
Summary
At a Jan. 17 board meeting the McAllen Independent School District held the required public hearing on its 2023–24 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR). District leaders presented student-performance metrics, progress on House Bill 3 goals and other accountability data; state A–F ratings remain pending.
The McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees held a public hearing on the district’s 2023–24 district annual report and Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) at its Jan. 17 meeting.
Associate Superintendent Janet Nino told trustees the TAPR was published to districts Dec. 12, 2024, and that the hearing satisfied Texas Administrative Code 61.1022 and Texas Education Code 39.306 requirements. She said the district posted public notice Dec. 18, 2024.
Nino said the district’s formal A–F accountability ratings for 2023–24 had not been issued and remain subject to judicial hearings. She reported McAllen ISD’s Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) rating for 2022–23 as “A” (superior achievement) and that the district’s 2022 accountability rating remained “A.” She also said McAllen’s 2023–24 special education determination status “meets requirements.”
Nino presented enrollment and performance details from the TAPR fall snapshot. The report used an October 2023 snapshot of 20,095 students in tested grades. She said district-level “approaches grade level or above” results were roughly: 81% in reading/English language arts, 80% in math and 76% in science, and that those results compared favorably with Region 1 and statewide peers.
On House Bill 3 student-outcome goals, Nino said the district is in year 4 of monitoring three adopted goals tied to early childhood literacy (3rd-grade STAAR reading), early childhood numeracy (3rd-grade STAAR math) and College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR). She reported increases and year-to-year progress monitoring figures such as an increase from 54% to 59% of 3rd graders meeting grade-level expectations in STAAR reading. She said prekindergarten screening results and grade‑by‑grade diagnostic measures were being used to track early literacy and numeracy progress.
Nino also reviewed CCMR outcomes for the Class of 2023 cohort, reporting 1,612 graduates in that cohort and a CCMR rate of about 94.5% for the measured cohort (data lags one year). She said higher‑education enrollment tracking data came from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Education Agency.
The presentation included the district’s report of violent or criminal incidents for 2023–24; Nino said certain incident code counts declined from the prior year (for example, some code‑30 and code‑36 counts decreased) and credited district prevention programs, counseling and training for the reduction.
No formal board action was required or taken during the hearing; trustees received the report and were given links to the TAPR and campus improvement plans for public review.
Trustees and staff said they will present year‑5 progress on the HB3 goals at the next public hearing in February 2025.
