Texas awards 16 HISD schools with highperforming and/or high-progress status Nov 3, 2016 – The Texas Education Agency has granted high-performance and/or high-progress status to 16 HISD Title I campuses for the 2015-2016 school year Title I schools are those in which at least 40 percent of students come from low-income families Thirteen HISD schools were included on the agency’s list of Title I High-Performing Schools and another 13 schools were named as Title I High-Progress schools Ten HISD schools made both lists A high-performing reward school is identified as a Title I school with distinctions based on reading and math performance, as well as the highest graduation rates at the high school level For 2015-2016, the TEA has identified 160 Texas campuses as high-performing A high-progress reward school is identified as a Title I school in the top 25 percent in annual improvement and/or a school in the top 25 percent of those demonstrating ability to close performance gaps (based on state accountability system safeguards in the 2014-2015 school year) For 2015-2016, TEA has identified 140 Texas campuses as high-progress “I want to congratulate the communities, students, principals, teachers, and staff members who pulled together to achieve high-performing and high-progress status for our schools,” said HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza “These schools are showing the great things that can happen when we invest our hearts, time, and resources in schools that serve students from every background across Houston.” For a complete list of high-performing and high-progress schools in HISD, see below High-Performing Schools DeBakey High School for Health Professions Project Chrysalis Middle School Lyons Elementary School DeChaumes Elementary School Field Elementary School Lovett Elementary School Oak Forest Elementary School Eastwood Academy Challenge Early College High School Briarmeadow Charter East Early College High School Mandarin Immersion Magnet School Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan High-Progress Schools DeBakey High School for Health Professions Project Chrysalis Middle School Lyons Elementary School DeChaumes Elementary School Lovett Elementary School Oak Forest Elementary School Eastwood Academy North Early College High School Challenge Early College High School Houston Academy for International Studies Mandarin Immersion Magnet School Young Women’s College Prep Academy Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan ... High School Mandarin Immersion Magnet School Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan High-Progress Schools DeBakey High School for Health Professions Project Chrysalis Middle School Lyons