The Texas Education Agency released the 2026 STAAR scores, showing a mix of gains and losses for Hays CISD students. The STAAR test is administered annually to assess student achievement in various subjects.

Improvements and Declines

Notable improvements were seen in fourth-grade math and seventh-grade reading, with a 3-point increase in students approaching grade level. However, the district underperformed the state in every subject on the Spanish STAAR, with the greatest decline in fifth-grade reading, where the percentage of students approaching grade level dropped by 22 percentage points.

In other areas, Hays CISD outperformed the state in every subject on the end-of-course exams for high school students. The district received a ‘B’ rating for the 2024-25 academic year, scoring 80 out of 100 possible points.

Accountability Scores

The TEA uses STAAR results to calculate a district’s accountability score, which is typically released in August. Out of 25 rated campuses, four received an ‘A’ rating, eight earned a ‘B’, 12 earned a ‘C’, and one received a ‘D’.

Families can access their child’s STAAR scores using their unique access code. Results from fifth and eighth-grade science will be released next month, according to the TEA.

Original reporting: Community Impact — Austin — read the source article.