Denison's Two High Schools Earned A's. One Elementary Earned an F.

Denison ISD's 2026 accountability report contains both of the extremes in Grayson County: two campuses rated A, and one rated F.

Pathways High School scored 93 and Denison High School 92, both A ratings. Terrell Elementary scored 59, an F.

The district's overall rating from the Texas Education Agency is a C with a score of 78.

A 34-point spread

Between those two ends sit four C campuses and two D campuses, including B. McDaniel Intermediate at 67 and Lamar Elementary at 69.

The 34-point distance between Denison's strongest and weakest campus is the widest in the county, and it falls along grade level. Both A ratings are at the high school level; every campus rated below a C serves younger students.

The domains

Denison scored 78 in student achievement and 77 in closing the gaps, both C ratings.

Its weakest measure is academic growth at 69, a D. School progress overall came in at 76, a C. As with several neighboring districts, students are testing near the district's overall grade but not advancing year over year at the rate the state expects.

The district

Denison ISD enrolls 4,742 students across nine campuses.

A district with two A-rated high schools has demonstrated it can produce strong outcomes. The question its report raises is why that is not yet visible in the grades of the campuses feeding them.

Source: Texas Education Agency.

Sources

https://txschools.gov/

https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/newsroom/tea-releases-2026-f-accountability-ratings-on-txschools-gov