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District highlights 2024–25 accountability gains and details instructional supports for continued improvement
Summary
District staff reviewed 2024 and 2025 TEA accountability results, celebrated campuses with significant gains and distinction designations, and outlined investments in coaching, new math curriculum, leadership development and school‑level supports.
Del Valle ISD’s chief academic staff presented the 2024 and 2025 Texas Education Agency accountability results to trustees on Sept. 2, reviewed campus‑level gains and described district strategies to sustain and accelerate improvement.
Staff reminded trustees that 2024 ratings were delayed by litigation and released together with 2025 results; the district’s overall rating improved by two points in 2025 compared with 2024. The presenter noted substantial single‑year gains at several campuses: Hillcrest Elementary (A rating; 23‑point increase), Creedmoor Elementary (18‑point increase) and Del Valle Elementary (16‑point increase). Smith Elementary earned five of six available distinction designations, and other campuses — Newton Collins, Hornsby and Gilbert Elementary — also earned distinctions, staff said.
To build on gains, district leaders described in‑class supports: weekly coaching and classroom walkthroughs, added academic deans at middle schools, instructional coaches at every campus, rollout of a new math curriculum with teacher professional development, leadership development for principals and assistant principals, and renewed emphasis on attendance and family engagement (including rebranding “back to school night” as “parent orientation night”). Staff said middle schools require targeted turnaround work and that the district is “on campuses” multiple days per week to support PLCs, assessment design and real‑time instructional feedback.
Trustees praised the progress and asked for additional copies of slides not in the board packet. Superintendent Gutierrez and staff credited teachers, principals and recent board support for enabling changes in curriculum and coaching.
