Venus ISD presents TAPR data and campus reports showing mixed academic results and stepped-up attendance interventions

District staff presented the Venus Independent School District(TAPR) and campus-level reports at the board meeting, highlighting accountability scores, graduation metrics and campus strategies to reduce course failures and chronic absenteeism.

The district presenter said Venus ISD's TAPR figures for 2025 show 62% of tested students at 'approaches' grade level, 32% at 'meets' and 9% at 'masters.' The presenter also reviewed the 2023-24 graduating class profile (156 graduates) and demographic measures the report tracks: 75% economically disadvantaged, 31% emergent bilingual and 11.2% receiving special education services. The presenter noted federal and TEA-required documents are posted under the district's required postings and are available on request.

Campus principals used the TAPR and local benchmark data to frame school-level concerns. The high school principal reported 660 students and said 121 students (18.3%) failed one or more classes in the first semester, with 66 failing a single class, 35 failing two classes and 20 failing three or more. Staff described tiered interventions: individual meetings for students failing three or more classes, parent outreach, three-week check-ins, and credit-recovery Saturday school.

Middle- and elementary-school leaders described similar intervention approaches. The middle school reported pulling small groups for targeted math intervention (with four math teachers supporting seventh grade), creating 124 attendance plans this year and using Saturday school as a make-up/tutoring opportunity. Elementary leaders reported many failures stemmed from missing work and described in-day "WIN" blocks and PLC-based adjustments to instruction.

Principals also cited attendance as a major driver of academic risk. The high school reported first-semester ADA at 94.2% and the most recent reporting period at 97.6%; the middle and elementary campuses reported mid-90s attendance figures. Administrators said common causes include parental work schedules, travel and seasonal illness; the district is using incentives, parent contact and truancy filing when necessary.

Discipline counts were presented by campus. The high school listed 41 OSS incidents and 18 DAEP placements for the first semester, along with vaping (nicotine and THC) incidents and three fights; the middle school highlighted DAEP placements driven largely by vaping-related incidents.

Why it matters: The TAPR and campus snapshots feed state accountability and local improvement plans and inform the district's targeted improvement work and budget priorities. Board members were told the TAPR and related reports are available on the district website and by request.

Whathappens next: District staff will post the full TAPR and required supporting documents under required postings and continue benchmark reporting to the board in future meetings.