Schools in Schertz
Schertz is served primarily by Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD (SCUCISD), which earned an overall B rating (scaled score 81 out of 100, up from 79 the prior year) in the Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability ratings -- a genuine, sourced improvement, with School Progress cited as the strongest-improving domain (12 of 16 campuses recorded higher academic-growth scores than the prior year).
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Learn moreDistrict Rating: A Real, Recent Improvement
SCUCISD's 2024-25 TEA accountability rating came in at an overall B, with a scaled score of 81 out of 100 -- up from 79 the year before (source: schools.texastribune.org, Niche, reviewed August 2026). The rating reflects three domains (Student Achievement, School Progress, Closing the Gaps), with School Progress showing the strongest gains: 12 of the district's 16 campuses posted higher student-growth scores than the previous cycle. This is a real, dated improvement, not a static or declining district.
The Two Comprehensive High Schools
Samuel Clemens High School and Byron P. Steele II High School are SCUCISD's two comprehensive high schools, and both earned individual B ratings in the same TEA cycle -- Samuel Clemens scored 88 in Student Achievement, 78 in School Progress, and 79 in Closing the Gaps (ranked top 50% of Texas schools per PublicSchoolReview, with 40% math and 51% reading/language-arts proficiency); Byron P. Steele II scored 84, 72, and 90 on the same three domains respectively (ranked top 30% of Texas schools, with 59% math and 59% reading/language-arts proficiency). Both are real B-rated schools with genuinely different strengths -- Steele runs stronger on Closing the Gaps and overall test-score ranking, Clemens stronger on raw Student Achievement.
Individual Campus Variance Exists Here Too
As in any multi-campus district, SCUCISD's overall B does not describe every campus evenly -- Wiederstein Elementary, for instance, carries a C rating even within a district trending upward overall (source: HAR.com school-comparison data, reviewed August 2026). Anyone evaluating a specific home purchase or rental should check the individually assigned school's current TEA rating via the Texas School Report Cards (txschools.gov) rather than relying on the district-level grade alone.
Address Matters: Not All of Schertz Is in SCUCISD
Because Schertz spans three counties, a small portion of the city may fall into a different school district than the primary SCUCISD assignment, depending on the exact address and subdivision -- a genuinely useful thing to confirm directly with SCUCISD or the relevant county appraisal district before assuming district assignment from the city name alone.
Key takeaways
- SCUCISD earned an overall B rating (scaled score 81/100, up from 79) in the TEA's 2024-25 accountability ratings, with real improvement in the School Progress domain (12 of 16 campuses showing higher growth scores).
- Samuel Clemens High School (B rating, top 50% statewide per PublicSchoolReview) and Byron P. Steele II High School (B rating, top 30% statewide) are SCUCISD's two comprehensive high schools -- both solid, with somewhat different domain strengths.
- District-level grades don't describe every campus evenly -- Wiederstein Elementary carries a C rating even within an overall-improving district; check the specific assigned school via txschools.gov.
- Confirm the exact school-district assignment for a specific address before assuming SCUCISD -- Schertz spans three counties, and district boundaries do not track the city limits perfectly.
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