McAllen ISD named a Texas Honor Roll district for 2nd straight year

13 schools named to prestigious list

 For the second straight year, McAllen ISD has been named a Texas Honor Roll school district. In addition, 13 McAllen ISD schools were named 2024 Texas Honor Roll schools.

The list is based on data released by a non-profit organization that is part of a national effort to identify higher-performing schools and school districts. The McAllen ISD campuses include:

·         Achieve Early College High School

·         Cathey Middle School

·         Fossum Middle School

·         Morris Middle School

·         Castaneda Elementary

·         Garza Elementary

·         Gonzalez Elementary

·         Hendricks Elementary

·         Milam Elementary

·         Perez Elementary

·         Rayburn Elementary

·         Sanchez Elementary

·         Thigpen-Zavala Elementary

This is an improvement from last year when nine McAllen ISD schools earned a place on the Texas Honor Roll.

The annual Honor Roll, presented by Educational Results Partnership (ERP), is part of the national Campaign for Business and Education Excellence. The campaign engages business leaders in recognizing successful schools and educational systems that are preparing students with the fundamental skills needed to be successful in the workforce and in life.

This is the 10th year that ERP has presented the Honor Roll–the only school recognition program presented in partnership with state and local business leaders, using solely objective student achievement data as the criteria for recognition.

The goal of the Texas Honor Roll is to find and highlight successful schools and districts and encourage collaboration among educators on best practices for raising student achievement.

Schools that receive the ERP Honor Roll distinction have demonstrated consistently high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement levels over time, and a reduction in achievement gaps among student populations.

Honor Roll schools and districts represent those that were comprehensively higher performing on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Reading Language Arts and Math Assessments, for all cohorts of student populations served, and that are improving outcomes for historically underserved student populations.

To make the Honor Roll, a school or district must have comprehensively performed above the mean (trendline) at least 80 percent of the time for all cohorts of students served and for all grade levels served.

Data made publicly available by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for STAAR was used to conduct the analysis.

About the Texas Honor Roll
The Texas Honor Roll is produced by Educational Results Partnership (ERP) and presented by the Campaign for Business and Education Excellence in collaboration with the Texas Business Leadership Council. For more information visit the ERP website at edresults.org or the Campaign website at edcampaign.org. For more information on Texas Business Leadership Council visit: https://txblc.org. The full list of Honor Roll schools and districts can be viewed at https://www.edresults.org/honor-roll.

About McAllen ISD
McAllen ISD is a three-time winner of the state’s highest rating, an “A,” and a four-time winner of the state’s Post-Secondary Readiness Distinction. In 2022, McAllen ISD was named the Best Large District in Texas through the H-E-B Excellence in Education awards. The district is home to 31 campuses and approximately 20,000 students. To learn more about McAllen ISD’s schools and programs, contact Student Outreach at 956-687-MISD (6473).