each school district's TAKS--the state's standardized test results -are made available after they have been released--which happens right at the end of the school year
this is link to the TEA region XI web site with the map of all ISDs in its area--Aubrey and Denton are in this one--Dallas/Collin area is in different region
Education Service Center Region XI | Public Schools
the individual school isd site usually post TAKS results on-line--if you can find it--some of them don't make it easy or up-front
there are three passing levels--Exemplary (#1) Recognized (#2) and Acceptable (#3)
unAcceptable is the non-passing rating
because of the nature of the scoring process, it is almost impossible for a high school to et an Exemplary rating--or even a Recognized one--unless it has either a very homogenous group of students who have great skills and usually come from fairly high-income area
or it has a group of students who are very committed to excellence--like a magnet or IB only school
it is easier for an elementary school to achieve Exemplary/Recognized because they are smaller in # than a high school--
Middle schools fall in the "middle" some of them do have exemplary or recognized scores and have groups of low-socio-economic students--
there are sites like great schools (which has lots of comments from parents)
the Dallas magazine does a feature article every so often about top ISDs in the area
and so does Texas Monthly about the state's isd--
you can google for them
plenty of comments about ISDs on this board--just do a search
in general my POV is that a smaller district like Aubrey usually cant provide the same level of the best of the ISDs in the Metroplex -- it has been growing because of more people moving to that area but it is still a small district...and it does have its share (more than its share really) of kids on free lunch--and that can be a red flag for other negatives...
schools aren't open but they should be having summer school --not what I would call an indicator of quality--but you can tour the school -- maybe see the overall condition of the bldgs--ask about the extracurricular activities--see how friendly they are
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Ambivalent between Big Spring and Denton, TX
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