COPPERAS COVE – Copperas Cove ISD has announced its 2022-23 & 2023-24 Texas Education Agency accountability ratings.
In both years, as it was in 2021-22, CCISD was rated a high “B” district, while continuing to out-pace districts across Region 12 & the State of Texas.
In the 2022-23 accountability ratings, the final before the re-vamped state testing and accountability measures, Martin Walker Elementary was CCISD’s lone A-rated campus. This was the same cycle in which House Creek Elementary, which received a B, was named a National Blue Ribbon School.
Joining House Creek with a rating of “B,” was every other campus in CCISD: Clements/Parsons Elementary, Fairview/Jewell Elementary, Hettie Halstead Elementary, Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy, Williams/Ledger Elementary, Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Jr. High, Crossroads High School and S.C. Lee Jr. High.
No campuses in Copperas Cove received a “C” or lower in 2022-23.
In the 2022-23 cycle, all nine eligible campuses received at least one STAAR Distinction, which illustrates areas in which students were among the best in Texas.
At the elementary level, House Creek earned a distinction in Postsecondary Readiness.
Williams/Ledger & Clements/Parsons Elementaries each earned distinctions for being in the Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth & Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.
Martin Walker Elementary earned distinctions in Reading & Language Arts, Math, Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth, Postsecondary Readiness and Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.
Fairview/Jewell Elementary & Hettie Halstead Elementary, the two most economically disadvantaged campuses in CCISD, each earned all six possible distinctions for an elementary campus: Reading & Language Arts, Math, Science, Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth, Postsecondary Readiness and Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.
At the secondary level, Copperas Cove Jr. High earned distinctions for Math and Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.
Copperas Cove High School earned distinctions for Top 25% Comparative Academic Growth, Postsecondary Readiness and Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.
S.C. Lee Jr. High earned five of seven possible distinctions with Math, Social Studies, Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth, Postsecondary Readiness and Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.
In the 2023-24 accountability cycle, all 11 campuses earned a “passing” rating from the state.
Crossroads High School, a non-traditional, at-risk campus, earned an “A” rating.
Clements/Parsons Elementary, Copperas Cove High School, Fairview/Jewell Elementary, House Creek Elementary, Martin Walker Elementary and Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy each earned a “B” rating.
Copperas Cove Jr. High, Hettie Halstead Elementary, S.C. Lee Jr. High and Williams/Ledger Elementary each earned a “C” rating.
STAAR designations for the 2023-24 school year are not yet available from the TEA.
“Copperas Cove ISD continues to prove itself to be the district of choice in central Texas and the district in our area to lead the way,” said Superintendent Dr. Brent Hawkins. “When you review our district’s scores, we are beating the state average in almost every subject and I think that is evident in these scores. This is a testament to the wonderful instructional staff, starting first and foremost with our wonderful teachers, all the way up to our Instructional Services staff, which I would put against any curriculum staff in Texas.”
Additional information on these ratings & achievements by the students of Copperas Cove ISD can be found in the Annual District Performance Report, posted to the Superintendent page on the district website.
“CCISD students and staff continue to lead the way in central Texas with learning and innovation,” said Deputy Superintendent for Instructional Services Amanda Crawley. “I am so proud of our students’ continued success. CCISD has the very best in the way of curriculum and our teachers provide outstanding instruction on a daily basis. The supports for teachers in CCISD are strong and it shows when our students get to these standardized tests, demonstrating our students truly have strong foundational knowledge in math, reading, science and history.”
Hawkins continued, “I hope our community sees that we have teachers who will stop at nothing to ensure the growth of our students. Every single person in Copperas Cove should be proud of what their students have been able to achieve. We will continue to ensure every student in our district has the opportunities they need for life beyond high school, including the expansion of our Dual Credit and Career & Technical Education programs. We will continue to work toward that “A” rating and never stop working to improve as a district.”