Olney ISD Earns ‘A’ Rating From State

Olney Independent School District earned an overall B grade in the Texas Education Agency’s recently released accountability ratings, with Olney High School and Olney Junior High School both scoring A’s and Olney Elementary posting a B but improving its performance over last year.

The ratings, which had been delayed by a lengthy legal battle, were released Friday by the TEA and cover the 2024–25 school year. They are designed to give families an idea of how well schools are educating students, based on three categories: student achievement, school progress, and closing the gaps.

District Results Olney ISD, which enrolled 689 students this school year, received a B rating overall. About 55.6% of Olney students are economically disadvantaged, slightly below the statewide average of 60.4%.

Of the roughly 1,200 districts statewide that received grades this year, 14% earned an A, 71% earned a B or C, and 15% scored a D or F.

Campus Breakdown Olney High School received top marks with an A rating overall. It scored a B in student achievement with a 60% STAAR passing rate, a 91% college readiness rate, and a 94.6% graduation rate. The campus earned A’s in student progress and in closing the gaps, reflecting how well it is helping all groups of students improve.

Olney Junior High also received an A overall. It posted a B in student achievement with a 59% passing rate, but like the high school, earned A’s in both school progress and closing the gaps.

Olney Elementary earned a B rating overall, scoring 80 out of 100. The rating shows the campus is helping students grow academically and prepare for the next grade level. The elementary campus raised its scores compared to 2023, a sign of progress school leaders have worked hard to achieve.

About the Ratings The TEA’s A–F system is based on: Student achievement: test scores and readiness for life after high school.

School progress: how much students are improving on state tests.

Closing the gaps: how well schools boost outcomes for specific groups of children, such as English learners or students with special needs.

District officials said OHS received distinct designations in the following areas: -Academic Achievement in Reading, Language Arts -Academic Achievement in Math -Academic Achievement in Science -Academic Achievement in Social Studies OHS was in the top 25 percent of all Texas schools in Comparative Academic Growth and Postsecondary Readiness, and in Comparative Closing the Gaps.