Preliminary STAAR results show mixed gains; district sets ambitious 2030 goals

Beaumont ISD staff presented preliminary 2025 STAAR (STAR) results and used the data to set multi‑year board outcome goals.

"This data is preliminary," Dr. Frank said, noting final scores will be released in August. He summarized elementary results and highlighted that district performance improved at the approaches level in 12 of 20 tested areas and that masters‑level performance improved in 16 of 20 areas compared with 2024.

At the elementary level Dr. Frank said third‑grade math had 26% of students at the meets level, fourth grade 20% and fifth grade 27%. For reading he said third grade meets or higher was 32%, fourth grade 29% and fifth grade 38%. Ms. Cheatham reviewed middle and high school data, noting sixth‑grade improvements and persistent seventh‑grade challenges similar to statewide trends.

The board used the results to adopt outcome targets: raise the percentage of students at meets in reading from 32% to 64% by June 2030 and in math from 26% to 52% by the same date. The CCMR goal (College, Career and Military Readiness) was set to increase from 65% to 90%.

Staff described interventions tied to those goals, including expanded phonics and comprehension work in early grades, adoption of Bluebonnet and Zearn in math, increased diagnostic tools (IXL), and schedule changes that create 90‑minute instructional blocks for middle school intervention. Ms. Cheatham said cohort data show growth in several grades but noted targeted focus areas — middle‑school science and seventh‑grade math — will receive special attention.

Trustees asked clarifying questions about how accelerated students will be scheduled under the new block plan; staff said accelerated classes will not follow the 90‑minute block so those students retain access to other content.