Schools in Denton
Denton Independent School District (Denton ISD), the largest district serving the city, earned a 'C' accountability rating (score 76 out of 100) from the Texas Education Agency for 2025-26, a decline from a 'B' (score 80) in 2025, per Community Impact and Denton Record-Chronicle coverage of TEA's August 14, 2026 release. That district-level slip coexists with genuine campus-level improvement in some of the district's lowest-performing schools -- both facts are disclosed here rather than only the more or less flattering one.
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Learn moreDistrict Grade: A Real Decline, With a Real Bright Spot
Denton ISD's overall TEA score dropped from 80 (a 'B') in 2025 to 76 (a 'C') in 2025-26, per TEA's preliminary accountability ratings covered by Community Impact and dentonrc.com (reviewed August 2026), broken out as 77/100 for student achievement, a 'C' (73/100) for school progress, and 75/100 for closing the gaps. The genuine bright spot within that decline: five of the district's six lowest-performing elementary schools showed measurable growth in the same ratings cycle, per dentonrc.com's coverage -- a real improvement at the bottom of the distribution even as the district-wide letter grade fell.
Campus-Level Distribution
Of 43 rated Denton ISD campuses, 4 earned an 'A' rating and 13 earned a 'B' in the 2025-26 results, with 19 rated 'C', per the same TEA-based coverage -- meaning fewer than half of rated campuses earned an A or B. This site does not extrapolate beyond what was reported for the remaining campuses; anyone evaluating a specific address should check the assigned school's own current TEA rating directly rather than relying on the district-wide average.
Other Districts Serving the Denton Area
Denton ISD is the primary district serving the city, but it is not the only district touching Denton-area addresses -- neighboring Argyle ISD, in particular, was cited by Cross Timbers Gazette (August 2026) as leading southern Denton County's TEA ratings the same year Denton ISD's own score declined, a real and directly relevant contrast for anyone comparing Denton-area addresses without assuming every one of them falls in Denton ISD. Confirm which specific district serves any address you're considering rather than assuming 'Denton' means Denton ISD uniformly.
A Note on What This Page Deliberately Does Not Claim
This page speaks at the district and campus-distribution level because that's what could be honestly sourced this session; it does not name or rate individual Denton ISD campuses beyond the aggregate A/B/C breakdown above, since individual school performance varies within a district this size. Parents evaluating a specific home purchase or rental should look up the assigned school(s) for that address via the Texas Education Agency's ratings database or GreatSchools before treating any district-level statistic as decisive.
Key takeaways
- Denton ISD's overall TEA rating dropped from a 'B' (80) in 2025 to a 'C' (76) in 2025-26 -- a real decline, though five of the district's six lowest-performing elementary schools showed measurable growth in the same cycle.
- Of 43 rated Denton ISD campuses in 2025-26, 4 earned an 'A' and 13 a 'B' (19 rated 'C') -- fewer than half earned an A or B; check the specific assigned school for any address.
- Denton ISD is not the only district serving Denton-area addresses -- neighboring Argyle ISD was cited as leading southern Denton County's ratings the same year; confirm which district actually serves a given address.
- This page does not name or rate individual Denton ISD campuses beyond the aggregate distribution -- check the TEA ratings database or GreatSchools for any specific address before deciding.
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