Schools in Austin
Austin ISD, the district serving most of the city, earned a 'B' overall rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for 2025-26 -- its first B rating in four years, an improvement from a C in 2025. That district-level improvement, though, sits alongside a genuinely serious concern: Austin ISD had the most F-rated campuses of any district in the state, and two middle schools' fifth consecutive F ratings have triggered potential state intervention.
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Learn moreDistrict Grade: Real Improvement, With an Important Caveat
Austin ISD received a 'B' overall rating from the TEA for the 2025-26 school year, up from a C in 2025 -- the district's first B in four years, per TEA's official A-F accountability release and Austin-area news coverage (KVUE, the Austin American-Statesman, Austin Current) reviewed August 2026. TEA reported that 24% of both districts and campuses statewide showed improvement from the prior year, and Austin ISD now has roughly twice as many A- and B-rated schools as D- and F-rated ones.
A Genuinely Serious Minority of Failing Schools
The district-level B rating does not describe every school evenly: Austin ISD had more than two dozen schools earn an 'A' and nearly three dozen earn a 'B,' but 11 schools received a 'D' and 20 schools received an 'F' -- reportedly the most F-rated campuses of any school district in Texas. This is a real, disclosed tension worth stating plainly rather than letting the district-level headline obscure it: a family evaluating a specific Austin address needs to check that specific school's current individual rating, not assume the district-wide B applies to it.
Potential State Takeover: Burnet and Webb Middle Schools
Burnet Middle School and Webb Middle School each received their fifth consecutive 'F' rating in the 2025-26 cycle -- under Texas law, five consecutive failing ratings at any campus give the Texas Education Commissioner the authority to either close the specific campus or replace the entire Austin ISD elected Board of Trustees and superintendent with state-appointed replacements. This is a genuinely live, consequential governance risk for the district as a whole, not a hypothetical, and it was still an open question as of this research pass (August 2026) -- check current status directly with TEA or Austin ISD before relying on this page for the latest development.
For a Specific Address
Given the real, documented spread between Austin ISD's A-rated and F-rated campuses, and the fact that Austin has multiple other school districts serving parts of the broader metro (Round Rock ISD, Leander ISD, Eanes ISD, and others, each with its own separate rating), a district-level summary -- even one as recent and specific as this page -- cannot substitute for checking the individual school(s) assigned to a specific address via TEA's TXschools.gov accountability database or GreatSchools before making a relocation or purchase decision.
Key takeaways
- Austin ISD earned a 'B' overall TEA rating for 2025-26 (up from C in 2025) -- its first B in four years.
- That district-level improvement coexists with a genuinely serious concern: 20 Austin ISD campuses received an 'F,' reportedly the most of any district in Texas, alongside 11 'D' campuses.
- Burnet and Webb middle schools each received their fifth consecutive 'F,' triggering the Texas Education Commissioner's authority to close those campuses or replace the district's board and superintendent -- a live, unresolved situation as of this research pass.
- Multiple other districts (Round Rock ISD, Leander ISD, Eanes ISD, and others) serve parts of the broader Austin metro, each with its own separate rating -- do not assume Austin ISD figures apply outside the city itself.
- Check TEA's TXschools.gov database or GreatSchools for the specific school(s) assigned to any target address -- the district-wide rating does not describe every individual campus.
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