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Houston ISD reports sharp gains in accountability ratings; superintendent says "geography no longer dictates destiny"
Summary
Superintendent Mike Miles presented end-of-year accountability results to the Houston ISD Board of Managers on Aug. 14, saying the district eliminated failing campuses and increased the number of A/B campuses. Chief Kristen Hull reported that the district met all monitored targets for third-grade reading and math. The board voted 9-0 to accept the
Superintendent Mike Miles told the Houston ISD Board of Managers on Aug. 14 that the district’s most recent accountability results show substantial movement in student outcomes, and he described the change as evidence that “geography no longer dictates destiny” in HISD.
Miles said the district went from 56 F-rated campuses two years ago to zero F-rated campuses this year and that the number of A- and B-rated campuses rose sharply. He said the district has “197 A and B schools” and portrayed that shift as meaningful evidence more students are meeting grade-level expectations in reading and math. Miles also tied the gains to narrowing achievement gaps, saying the white–Black gap in math narrowed from 41 percentage points to 29 and the white–Hispanic gap in math narrowed from 30 to 23 since 2023.
Chief Kristen…
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