In 2017, the Texas Legislature mandated that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) simplify school ratings using a new A-F scale for the more than 1,200 school districts across the state. Proponents of the new A-F system, like Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have pushed for the new system since 2013, harshly criticizing the current rating system for being too difficult and complex to understand.
The new ratings were just issued for the first time in August, but Humble ISD was not rated. Like many school districts in the Gulf Coast area, Humble ISD fell under the TEA’s Hurricane Harvey Provision, meaning that districts affected by the storm were given some leniency. The provision allows schools that would have received a B-F rating to instead receive a “Not Rated” rating for the 2017-2018 school year.