State Accountability System

The state's school financial accountability rating system, known as the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), ensures that Texas public schools and charters are held accountable for the quality of their financial management practices and that they improve those practices.

The Texas Legislature in 1993 enacted statutes that mandated the creation of the Texas public school accountability system to rate school districts and evaluate campuses. Our state accountability page has information available about our statewide accountability rating system, the Texas Academic Performance Reports, school report cards, and the 2012-2013 Texas Performance Reporting System.

  • 2021-2022 FIRST Rating:  A-Superior

  • 2022 Accountability Rating: B

  • For the 2020-2021 school year all districts and campuses in Texas are labeled:   Not Rated: Declared State of Disaster

  • 2019-2020: TEA suspended the assignment of accreditation statuses until the 2021-2022 school year under the authority of amended 19 TAC ยง97.1055 due to COVID

  • 2018-2019 FIRST Rating:  A-Superior

  • 2019 Accountability Rating:  C