On Oct. 9, Harlingen CISD’s Board of Trustees recognized 25 schools for receiving one or more distinctions in the Texas Education Agency (TEA) 2018 accountability ratings.
Overall, the district was awarded 101 distinction designations under the new A–F rating system. Additionally, HCISD earned Recognized Academic Performance, and for the first time since the inception of the STAAR program, it received the Postsecondary Readiness Distinction.
Distinction Designations are awarded to campuses based on achievement in performance indicators relative to a group of forty schools of similar type, size, and students demographics.
Campuses can earn distinction designations in the following areas: English Language Arts/Reading, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies; Student Progress and Closing Performance Gaps in the top 25 percentiles; and Postsecondary Readiness.
The 25 HCISD campuses with their respective distinction designations are:
Harlingen High School South
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Science
Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Early College High School
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Cano Freshman Academy
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Harlingen School of Health Professions
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Coakley Middle School
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Postsecondary Readiness
Gutierrez Middle School
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Memorial Middle School
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Science
Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Postsecondary Readiness
Vela Middle School
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Vernon Middle School
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Austin Elementary
Academic Achievement in Science
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Bonham Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Science
Bowie Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Crockett Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Dishman Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Houston Elementary
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Jefferson Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Long Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Postsecondary Readiness
Means Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Milam Elementary
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Academic Achievement in Social Studies
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Rodriguez Elementary
Postsecondary Readiness
Stuart Place Elementary
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Travis Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Treasure Hills Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Postsecondary Readiness
Wilson Elementary
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth
Top 25 Percent: Comparative Closing the Gaps
Postsecondary Readiness
Zavala Elementary
Academic Achievement in English Language Art/Reading
Academic Achievement in Mathematics
Academic Achievement in Science
Postsecondary Readiness