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Joshua ISD presents required Texas Academic Performance Report, cites 2022 A rating and rising enrollment
Summary
At a required public hearing, Joshua ISD staff reviewed the district’s Texas Academic Performance Report, citing a 2022 accountability rating of A, rising enrollment (about 530 additional students over four years), campus distinctions and student achievement patterns across grades and subjects.
Miss Augenberger, a Joshua ISD staff member, presented the district’s Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) during a required public hearing, telling the board that “as of 2022, the school district has an accountability rating of an A.”
The presentation said the district must report 2022 ratings because the state’s 2023–24 ratings are subject to litigation; the TAPR materials the district may share publicly remain those published by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The presenter said Joshua ISD’s special education determination for 2024 was “met requirement” and that the district earned a campus distinction in postsecondary writing.
The report reviewed enrollment and demographics: over a four-year period enrollment increased by about 530 students, with the district count at 6,020 for the last published year and noted the Hispanic student share has been growing. The presenter also pointed to economically disadvantaged concentrations by campus, saying New Horizons (the district’s alternative high school) and Cattlebrook had the highest shares.
On staffing, the presenter said Joshua ISD’s average teacher experience was about 12 years compared with roughly 11 years statewide and that the district’s student‑teacher ratio remains below the state average. The presenter also highlighted a decreasing teacher turnover rate since the COVID‑era peak.
Student achievement slides compared district, region and state performance across elementary, middle and high school subjects. The presenter explained that 8th‑grade mathematics results appear below state and region because a substantial share of Joshua ISD 8th graders take Algebra I for high school credit; algebra results shown for the district and its two middle schools were in the high 90s versus about 80% at the state and region levels.
The presenter said campus and district TAPR materials and the district’s full report (described as 348 pages) are posted on the district website, along with strategic plans by campus. She invited board members and the public to review the full district report online.
No formal board action or vote accompanied the TAPR presentation; the item was recorded as a public hearing and information provided to the board.
Ending: The presenter closed by asking whether there were any questions; the board moved next to a related CCMR public hearing.
