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La Porte ISD touts B rating, full teaching rosters and targeted interventions
Summary
Superintendent Jackson presented 2024–25 accountability results showing a district B rating, multiple campus distinctions, zero teacher vacancies at start of school and plans to use data tools and RTI Scheduler to target interventions.
Superintendent Jackson reported that La Porte Independent School District earned a B accountability rating for 2024–25 and highlighted campus-level achievements: La Porte High School (which Jackson said accounts for roughly 40% of district accountability) is rated B; three elementary campuses — Lomax, Rizzuto and College Park — received A-level scores at 91; several campuses earned distinctions in reading, science and academic growth.
Jackson described layered progress-monitoring tools used by campuses, including weekly common curriculum-based assessments (CBAs), unit assessments and MAP testing, and said the district is deploying an RTI Scheduler at the junior-high level to help principals pull intervention groups. "We have a lot of those tools…Justin Bedford is here — he's the data genius," Jackson said, noting the district's internal data work to identify standards, teachers, and sections that need focus.
HR and district leaders also reported staffing wins tied to the new school year: the district started the year with zero teacher vacancies, hired 22 first-year teachers, reported an 86% teacher retention rate, and filled dozens of paraprofessional and special-education roles through internal paraprofessional courses and district job fairs. Jackson and trustees framed those hires as part of sustaining classroom instruction and closing achievement gaps.
Trustees pressed for specifics about how parents are notified when students are pulled for intervention and whether the pull will include newly-identified students or mainly those with existing needs; the administration said communication expectations exist and that Schoology and Schoology-related parent transparency will be leveraged once staff and families adopt the platform more consistently.
Board members praised staff and principals for their work over recent years and emphasized the district's plans to sustain gains, strengthen Tier 1 instruction, and monitor interventions closely.
