District Accreditation Status

Pursuant to TEC §§39.051 and 39.052 and 19 TAC §97.1055, TEA annually assigns one of four accreditation statuses to each district in the state:

1. Accredited

2. Accredited-Warned

3. Accredited-Probation

4. Not Accredited-Revoked

In assigning an accreditation status to a district, TEA considers:

• Academic accountability ratings

• Financial accountability ratings

• Data integrity

• Program-area deficiencies identified through RDA

Due to litigation, the issuance of 2023 academic accountability ratings was delayed pending a judicial ruling, which in turn postponed the release of 2023-2024 accreditation statuses. In April 2025, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals ruled that TEA could release 2023 accountability ratings, and the ratings for 2023 were finalized on August 19, 2025. As a result of this delay, the issuance of the 2023-2024 accreditation statuses is outside of the normal release cycle.

*Districts can expect the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 accreditation statuses to be issued in the spring.

TEA’s Accreditation Status Website 

Accreditation Status Matrix

Texas’s school financial accountability rating system, known as the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), provides accountability for Texas public schools on the quality of their financial management practices and improvement of those practices.