Schools in Southlake
Carroll Independent School District (Carroll ISD), which serves Southlake, is the single strongest, most consistently documented draw in this entire file: all 11 of its campuses earned an 'A' rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for both the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, with a district-wide overall score of 95 out of 100 -- and per district reporting, Carroll ISD has averaged at least a 95 every year since 2021-22, outscoring every other district in its 12-district TEA region each of those years. This is not a marketing claim; it's a genuine, sustained, multi-year, campus-wide record that is unusually clean even by the standards of Texas's highest-performing districts.
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Learn moreStraight A's, District-Wide, for Multiple Consecutive Years
All 11 Carroll ISD campuses earned an 'A' rating for both the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, per Community Impact coverage of the TEA's 2025 accountability release reviewed August 2026 -- with campus-level Student Achievement scores ranging from 94 to 99, and Carroll Elementary and Rockenbaugh Elementary leading the district at 97. The district's overall score was 95 (driven by a 95 in Student Achievement, an 85 in School Progress, and an 89 in Closing the Gaps), and Carroll ISD has posted at least a 95 overall every year since 2021-22, per the district's own published accountability reporting -- a genuine, sustained multi-year record, not a single strong year.
Graduation Rate and Regional Standing
Carroll ISD's graduation rate held steady at 99.7% across the two most recent years reported, per the same district data. Within its 12-district TEA region (Region 11, covering the broader DFW area), no other district posted a higher overall TEA score than Carroll ISD in any year going back to 2021-22 -- a direct, sourced regional comparison, not an unsupported superlative.
Why Schools Are Southlake's Defining Draw
Carroll ISD's consistency -- straight A's across all 11 campuses for multiple consecutive years, not just a strong district-wide average masking weaker individual schools -- is genuinely unusual, and it's the single biggest reason families pay Southlake's substantial housing premium (see the housing-market and pros-and-cons topic pages) rather than choosing a more affordable DFW suburb. Unlike some districts covered elsewhere in this build, there is no meaningful campus-level variance to disclose here as a caveat -- the record really is uniform across the district as reported.
A Note on What This Page Does and Doesn't Claim
This page reports Carroll ISD's district- and campus-level TEA accountability results as published; it does not independently verify individual classroom quality, extracurricular program depth, or fit for a specific student's needs. Ratings can and do change year to year -- confirm current results directly via the Texas Education Agency's ratings database or Carroll ISD's own reporting before treating any single year's data as permanent.
Key takeaways
- All 11 Carroll ISD campuses earned an 'A' rating from the TEA for both 2023-24 and 2024-25, with a district-wide overall score of 95/100 -- an unusually clean, uniform record with no meaningful campus-level variance to caveat.
- Carroll ISD has posted at least a 95 overall TEA score every year since 2021-22, outscoring every other district in its 12-district TEA region (Region 11) each of those years, per the district's own reporting.
- Graduation rate held steady at 99.7% across the two most recent years reported.
- Carroll ISD's consistency is the single biggest reason families pay Southlake's substantial housing premium -- but confirm current-year ratings directly via the TEA database, since accountability results can shift year to year.
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