District rankings released by the Texas Education Agency show Southside ISD is now among the region’s best performing traditional public school districts in the San Antonio Region. Southside ISD has an official score of 88 or a B-rating on the TEA’s A through F ratings system. Southside ISD now ranks among the area’s top five school districts.

SCHOOL DISTRICT             RATING

1. Boerne ISD                      94
2. Alamo Heights ISD          91
3. Somerset ISD                  90
4. Northeast ISD                  89
5. Southside ISD                88
6. Southwest ISD                 86
7. San Antonio ISD              85
8. Northside ISD                  84
9. Harlandale ISD                83
10. Harmony ISD                   83
11. Floresville ISD                 83
12. Judson ISD                      81
13. Uvalde ISD                      80
14. South San ISD                72
15. Edgewood ISD                70
16. East Central ISD             68
17. Seguin ISD                      67

The TEA also reported that Southside ISD’s Heritage Elementary is one of just two campuses in the entire state of Texas to soar from an F-rated campus to an A-rated school. “It’s just incredible to have a 36-point gain from a 59 to a 95 is unheard of. There are only two campuses in the state of Texas to do that; Heritage Elementary being one of them,” said Southside ISD Superintendent Mr. Rolando Ramirez. “They’ve just done an amazing job. They’ve taken it a step further and have shown our other campuses that anything is possible. Students were held to those high expectations and because of that, they were able to attain that A-rating.” All of Southside ISD’s other campuses taking the state assessment tests were elevated to B-ratings including Southside High School, Matthey Middle School, Losoya Middle School, Freedom Elementary, Pearce Elementary, and Gallardo Elementary.