Fort Worth ISD: How a Campus's Poor Ratings Led to Potential State Takeover

State Law and Unacceptable Ratings

• 📜 State law mandates that if a campus receives an unacceptable performance rating for five consecutive school years, the commissioner must either appoint a board of managers for the entire district or close the campus.
• 🎯 The campus that triggered this situation is the former Leadership Academy at Forest Oak 6th grade.

Historical Performance of the Campus

• 📉 The campus, initially Glen Crest Sixth Grade School, received an 'improvement required' rating in 2016 with low scores in student achievement (52%) and student progress (27%).
• 📊 By 2017, ratings remained 'improvement required,' with student achievement dropping to 47% and student progress to 17%.
• 📈 In 2018, under the new A-F grading system, the campus received a score of 53, and in 2019, it improved slightly to 57%, still considered a failing grade.
• 😷 No grades were issued in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• ⚠️ In 2022, renamed Leadership Academy at Forest Oak 6th grade, it scored 58, but a law allowed schools below 70 to not be officially rated.
• 🚩 In 2023, the academy scored 59, an 'F' grade, marking what is considered the fifth consecutive unacceptable score when looking back to 2016, even accounting for pandemic years and legislative changes.

District and State Response

• ✂️ Fort Worth ISD proactively decided to close the school after the 2023-2024 school year.
• ⚖️ Despite the district's closure decision, Commissioner Morath has indicated it will not affect his consideration of state action for the district.