Houston-area school districts, by published rating

A district letter grade is an average over dozens of campuses. The right question is which district serves your address.

Texas publishes an accountability rating for every district and campus. Below: each district serving our ten covered communities, its current overall letter, how many rated campuses sit behind that letter, and the communities it touches.

District ratings

DistrictOverallScoreRated campusesCoversSource
PEARLAND ISDA24PearlandTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)
CONROE ISDB66The WoodlandsTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISDB92CypressTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)
FORT BEND ISDB83Sugar LandTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)
HOUSTON ISDB273River Oaks, Midtown, Montrose, Energy Corridor, The HeightsTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)
KATY ISDB77Energy Corridor, KatyTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)
SPRING BRANCH ISDB43Memorial, Energy CorridorTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)
HUMBLE ISDC50KingwoodTexas Education Agency Accountability Ratings (2026)

Where a district shows a range, that is the published truth: strong districts contain weaker campuses. Ratings are district-wide averages and say little about any single campus.

Communities that span more than one district

Energy Corridor each straddle more than one district line. For these, the community name tells you almost nothing about the school on your street; work from the exact address instead.

Verify your address in two minutes

  1. Open txschools.gov and search the district named on the community page.
  2. Check the district's overall rating, then open its campus list and find the campuses nearest your address.
  3. Confirm attendance zoning with the district directly before you sign anything; published ratings describe last year, and boundaries move.

Questions people ask next

What is the best school district in Houston?

The honest answer is whichever district serves the address you can afford, judged on Texas Education Agency accountability ratings rather than reputation. The table below lists every district serving our covered communities with its published overall rating and the number of rated campuses behind it.

What are the best school districts in the Houston area?

Districts such as Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Conroe ISD, and Fort Bend ISD publish strong overall ratings across many campuses, but every one of them also contains lower-rated campuses. A district letter grade is an average; your specific address decides your campus.

What is the best school district in Houston for my address?

Look up the exact address. Start with the district lookup steps on this page, then confirm the campus zone with the district itself, because attendance boundaries change and a community label is not a guarantee.

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