Schools in Irving
Irving Independent School District, which serves most of the city, showed real, documented improvement in the Texas Education Agency's 2026 A-F accountability ratings -- 12 campuses improved a letter grade and the number of A/B-rated campuses rose from 6 to 10, with Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School earning a 91 (an A rating) as a high-poverty campus. A precise, reconciled overall district letter grade for 2025-26 was not confirmed to a single source this pass; separately, and worth knowing before assuming an Irving address means Irving ISD, part of the Valley Ranch neighborhood is served by the distinct, separately A-rated Coppell ISD instead.
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Learn moreIrving ISD: Real, Documented Campus-Level Improvement
Per Dallas Morning News coverage of the TEA's 2026 A-F accountability ratings (released August 2026, reviewed the same month), Irving ISD's overall accountability score rose, with 12 campuses improving a letter grade and the number of A- or B-rated campuses increasing from 6 to 10. Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School earned a score of 91 (an A rating), notable specifically because it's identified as a high-poverty campus -- a genuine equity-relevant data point, not just an aggregate improvement. A single, precise, reconciled overall Irving ISD district letter grade for 2025-26 was not confirmed to one reliable source this research pass; check the TEA's own txschools.gov site or Irving ISD's published accountability page directly for the exact current district rating.
A Separate District Within City Limits: Coppell ISD Serves Part of Valley Ranch
Worth naming directly rather than assuming "Irving" means Irving ISD: a portion of the Valley Ranch neighborhood, though geographically within Irving, is served by Coppell Independent School District instead -- Valley Ranch Elementary and, since 2019, Canyon Ranch Elementary (opened after a 2019 boundary realignment) both fall under Coppell ISD, per Coppell ISD's own published boundary documentation. Coppell ISD earned an "A" rating from the TEA in the 2026 accountability cycle and has been cited in past state rankings as among the top school districts in Texas (one source cites a #6 statewide ranking, exact year not independently reconciled this pass) -- a real reason Valley Ranch commands attention separately from the rest of Irving. Confirm which specific district serves any address you're considering rather than assuming based on the city name.
District Scale and What This Page Does Not Claim
Irving ISD is a large, urban Texas school district; a precise, independently confirmed current enrollment figure was not sourced to a single reliable number this pass -- check the Irving ISD website directly for current enrollment and campus-count figures. This page intentionally speaks at the district level (plus the specific, sourced fact of the Coppell ISD boundary within Valley Ranch) rather than rating individual Irving ISD campuses beyond the two named above -- individual school performance varies considerably within a district this size, so parents evaluating a specific home should look up the assigned school(s) for that address via the TEA's school ratings database or GreatSchools before treating any district-level statistic as decisive.
Key takeaways
- Irving ISD's 2026 TEA accountability results show real improvement: 12 campuses moved up a letter grade and A/B-rated campuses rose from 6 to 10; Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School earned a 91 (A) as a high-poverty campus. A precise, reconciled overall district letter grade for 2025-26 was not confirmed to one source this pass.
- A portion of Valley Ranch, though inside Irving city limits, is served by Coppell ISD (not Irving ISD) -- Valley Ranch Elementary and Canyon Ranch Elementary (opened 2019) both fall under Coppell ISD, which earned an 'A' TEA rating in 2026.
- Don't assume an Irving address means Irving ISD -- confirm the specific district for any address you're considering, especially in or near Valley Ranch.
- This page does not rate individual Irving ISD campuses beyond the two named above -- check the TEA ratings database or GreatSchools for any specific address before deciding.
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