More than a dozen Texas public school districts are at risk of triggering a potential state takeover if they do not improve student academic performance before the next year’s A-F accountability ratings, data shows.
At least 14 districts had at least one campus with a fourth consecutive failing grade, according to the preliminary 2026 ratings. That includes the Clarksville, Cleveland, Coldspring-Oakhurst, Elgin, Judson, Kingsville, Manor, Nacogdoches, Poteet, Runge, San Angelo, San Antonio, Spring and Waco school districts.
The majority of the at-risk districts are concentrated in the Austin, Houston or San Antonio metro areas, with an average enrollment of about 11,700 students. Nearly every school eligible to trigger future state action has a larger percentage of low-income students than the state average, as well as higher rates of Black and Hispanic students…