SEGUIN, Texas (August 13, 2026) – Seguin ISD is celebrating significant academic progress following the release of the 2026 Texas Education Agency accountability ratings, with the district earning an overall ‘C’ rating and a score of 70, a four-point increase from its 2025 score of 66.
The 2026 results mark Seguin ISD’s first ‘C’ accountability rating since 2019 and represent an important change in the district’s recent academic trajectory. After four consecutive years rated at a ‘D,’ Seguin ISD has returned to an acceptable accountability rating.
The results also mark another significant milestone for the district of 7,000 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. For the first time since Texas introduced the A–F accountability system in 2019, no Seguin ISD campus received an ‘F’ rating.
“Our students and staff have put in tremendous work, and these results are evidence that their effort is making a difference,” Superintendent Dr. Jack Lee said. “There is a lot to celebrate in these results. We have changed the trajectory of our district, more of our students are demonstrating academic success, and campuses that faced significant challenges a year ago have made meaningful progress. At the same time, a ‘C’ is not our destination. This is momentum, and our responsibility now is to build on it.”
Texas public school accountability ratings are based on measures of Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps. The ratings incorporate data including STAAR performance, academic growth, College, Career and Military Readiness, and graduation rates. Seguin ISD showed improvement across each major accountability measure: Student Achievement increased from 68 to 70; Academic Growth increased from 66 to 68; Relative Performance increased from 68 to 71; and Closing the Gaps increased from 61 to 67, representing the district’s largest domain increase.
The progress extended across campuses. Nine of Seguin ISD’s 11 rated campuses improved in Domain I: Student Achievement, and nine campuses also improved in relative performance.
Two campuses improved by an entire accountability letter grade.
Seguin High School increased from a 64/D in 2025 to a 70/C in 2026, its first C rating since 2022. The campus increased 11 points in Academic Growth and 14 points in Closing the Gaps.
Barnes Middle School increased from a 55/F to a 66/D, an 11-point improvement overall. Barnes also posted one of the district’s most significant areas of growth, increasing 22 points in Closing the Gaps, from 47 to 69.
“Those gains matter because they represent students,” Lee said. “Behind every point are classrooms, teachers, campus leaders, support staff, families, and most importantly, students who worked incredibly hard. When a campus improves 11 points in a single year or moves an entire letter grade, that is something worth recognizing.”
Additional campus highlights include:
Mercer-Blumberg Learning Center earned an A with a score of 93, increasing three points overall.
Patlan Elementary earned a B with a score of 84, increasing three points overall. Patlan also earned distinctions for Academic Achievement in Science, Top 25 Percent in Academic Growth, and Top 25 Percent in Closing the Gaps.
Weinert Elementary earned a C with a score of 74 and increased by 7 points in Student Achievement and by 12 points in Relative Performance.
Rodriguez Elementary increased its overall score from 67 to 69 while improving by 7 points in Academic Growth.
Vogel Elementary earned a C with a score of 71, while increasing Student Achievement by three points and Relative Performance by four points.
For 2026, Seguin ISD campuses received the following accountability ratings:
A Rating
Mercer-Blumberg Learning Center – 93
B Rating
Patlan Elementary – 84
C Ratings
McQueeney Elementary – 75
Koennecke Elementary – 75
Weinert Elementary – 74
Vogel Elementary – 71
Seguin High School – 70
D Ratings
Barnes Middle School – 66
Briesemeister Middle School – 69
Jefferson Elementary – 69
Rodriguez Elementary – 69
The improvement follows a year of focused work across Seguin ISD to strengthen curriculum, instruction, campus leadership, and academic accountability.
In March 2025, the Seguin ISD Board of Trustees approved the implementation of Bluebonnet Math for kindergarten through eighth grade and Algebra I for the 2025–2026 school year. During the year, the district strengthened implementation of high-quality instructional materials and placed an increased emphasis on alignment between curriculum, classroom instruction, and student expectations.
Following his hiring in July 2025, Lee made improving academic outcomes and strengthening instructional systems a central focus for Seguin ISD. In fall 2025, Lee led the district in developing a comprehensive five-year strategic plan that established a shared mission, vision, values, goals, and direction for the district.
In November 2025, Lee introduced an Academic Accountability Improvement Plan designed to provide more focused and differentiated support to campuses based on their level of academic need. The plan identified campuses by accountability performance and provided targeted support, including leadership coaching, instructional rounds, data accountability meetings, targeted professional development, increased classroom observations, and stronger implementation of high-quality instructional materials.
A comprehensive district instructional review completed in January 2026 further examined academic programs and instructional practices across campuses and helped shape the district’s academic priorities moving forward.
That work continued throughout summer 2026, with a restructuring of the district’s Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Department and the development of a Curriculum Management Plan, an Assessment Plan, and a Professional Learning Plan. The district has also established clearly defined instructional priorities, goals, and key initiatives for 2026–2027, including research-based instructional strategies, stronger professional learning communities, targeted professional development, instructional coaching, curriculum alignment, and the implementation of Bluebonnet Reading in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Seguin ISD leaders emphasized that while the 2026 accountability results represent important progress, the work will continue.
“We should absolutely celebrate what our students and staff accomplished,” Lee said. “But we also know exactly where we need to improve. We still have campuses rated a ‘D,’ student groups that need greater levels of support, and significant academic goals ahead of us. The difference is that we are entering this year with evidence that the work can move outcomes.”
“Our challenge now is to turn progress into sustained performance,” Lee added. “We are going to continue aligning the work, supporting our people, monitoring what matters, and responding with urgency. We are proud of how far we have come, and we are even more excited about where Seguin ISD is headed. We are ready to rise to the challenge.”
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