The Ratings Are Out, These Pineywoods Schools Had The Top Marks

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released its 2025 A-F accountability ratings last week.

Schools across the Lone Star State are assigned a letter grade that corresponds to the measurement of how much students are learning in each grade and whether or not they are ready for the next grade.

It also shows how well a school or district prepares its students for success after high school in college, the workforce, or the military.

Overall, in comparison to the past two years, nearly a quarter of all Texas districts showed improvement in their ratings.

Schools with poor ratings could be subject to state intervention. This occurred in 2023 with Houston ISD.

Several schools across the Pineywoods received an 'A' grade. Some of those schools are separated into specific divisions, such as junior high or high school grades only. Some of the smaller districts are rated as an overall Kindergarten through 12th-grade school.

Schools That Received An 'A' Rating and Corresponding Numerical Grade

Douglass - Pre-K through High School: 90
Big Sandy (Dallardsville) - Early Education through High School: 93
Broaddus - Pre-K through High School: 96
Joaquin - Early Education through High School: 91
Lovelady - Jr High/High School: 93
Hudson - Middle School: 90
Central Heights - Middle School: 91
Brookeland - 6th through 12th: 91
Central Heights - High School: 96
Roughrider Academy (Center ISD) - High School: 92 (Alternative Standards Used To Rate This School)
Woden - High School: 92
Chireno - High School: 93
Elkhart - High School:92
Hudson - High School: 93
Pineywoods Community Academy - High School: 92
Huntington - High School: 91
Goodrich - High School: 90
Central Heights - Pre-K through 5th grade: 92
Chester - Pre-K through 5th grade: 91
Garrison - Pre K through 5th grade: 93
Livingston Pine Ridge Primary - Early Education through Kindergarten: 90
Livingston Timbercreek - 1st through 5th grade: 90
SFA University Charter School - Kindergarten through 5th grade: 97

To look up the TEA ratings for schools, click here.

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Source: These Pineywoods Schools Shine Bright With Impressive ‘A’ Grades

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