{"id":350696,"date":"2026-06-25T23:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350696\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T23:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:51:24","slug":"dripping-springs-isd-outperforms-state-on-2026-staar-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350696\/","title":{"rendered":"Dripping Springs ISD outperforms state on 2026 STAAR administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDripping Springs ISD<\/a>\u2019s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results show a mixture of gains, losses and stability compared to last year. The district surpasses state averages in every subject and grade level.<\/p>\n

The Texas Education Agency<\/a> released STAAR scores for third through eighth grade June 16 and end-of-course exam scores June 10.<\/p>\n

The overview<\/p>\n

The TEA administers the STAAR test each year to assess student achievement in a given subject.<\/p>\n

Students can receive one of four scores:<\/p>\n

Did not meet grade levelApproaches grade levelMeets grade levelMasters grade level<\/p>\n

\u201cApproaches grade level\u201d is considered a passing grade. This indicates that a student is \u201clikely to succeed in the next grade or course with targeted academic intervention,\u201d according to the TEA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"chartDSISD surpasses the state average in every subject. The greatest decline for third through eighth grade scores year over year was seen in fourth grade reading. Despite a six-percentage-point decline from last year, the district still outperformed the state by 10 percentage points.<\/p>\n

The greatest improvements were seen in third and eighth grade math, with a six-point increase in the number of students approaching grade level from 2025 to 2026 in each category.<\/p>\n

A closer look<\/p>\n

The TEA also administers end-of-course exams for high school students. DSISD outperforms the state in every subject.<\/p>\n

\"chartThe greatest improvement was noted in Algebra I, with a two-point increase. All DSISD end-of-course results met or surpassed passing rates from the previous year.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it<\/p>\n

Statewide, seventh grade math has the lowest rate of students receiving a passing grade, at just 48%. According to a TEA news release<\/a>, \u201cthe decline observed in the Grade 7 math assessment reflects the subset of students taking that test, as far more 7th grade students are taking the Grade 8 math assessment than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

DSISD is an exception to this trend, with 87% of students receiving a passing grade.<\/p>\n

In 2026, 1,857 DSISD students took the seventh grade math STAAR, compared to 1,949 who took the eighth grade math STAAR.<\/p>\n

Some context<\/p>\n

The TEA uses STAAR results to calculate a district\u2019s accountability score<\/a>, which is typically released in August. For the 2024-25 academic year, DSISD received a \u201cB\u201d rating, scoring 89 out of 100 possible points. The district has received a \u201cB\u201d rating every academic year since 2022-23.<\/p>\n

Out of eight campuses, three received an \u201cA\u201d rating and five earned a \u201cB.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check it out<\/p>\n

Families can access<\/a> their child’s STAAR scores using their unique access code.<\/p>\n

Results from fifth and eighth-grade science will be released next month, according to the TEA.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dripping Springs ISD\u2019s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results show a mixture of gains, losses and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,52549,1563,31017,124955,6549,2810],"class_list":["post-350696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dripping-springs-isd","tag-public-education","tag-staar","tag-state-mandated-test-results","tag-tea","tag-texas-education-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}