Last year, we made it a priority to celebrate our students every time they showed growth on assessments, no matter how big or small. Those celebrations often included a trip to the G-Wagon filled with high fives, tears, smiles, and reminders that growth always matters.
🎉Today, it was our teachers’ turn. 🎉
Our staff was celebrated in that very same G-Wagon style with the same tears, hugs, laughter, and high fives because a 17-point gain deserves to be recognized.
These teachers have poured their hearts and souls into our students day in and day out. They have shown up, closed their doors, done the hard work, and never lost sight of what matters most: kids.
This growth didn’t happen by chance. It happened because of grit and an unwavering belief in our students.
Today was a reminder that when we celebrate growth, support one another, and stay committed to our mission, incredible things can happen.
Because that’s the #TheBlackcatWay. 🖤❤️
Sorry we didn't get many pictures we were celebrating too much 🥳
Mexia did this!
📣 OFFICIAL 2026 ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS RELEASED 📣
Today, the Texas Education Agency officially released the 2026 A-F Accountability Ratings for school districts and campuses across the state.
The Texas A-F accountability system is designed to provide families and communities with a transparent measure of district and campus performance. Accountability ratings are one of several measures that help show how well schools are preparing students for the next grade level and for success beyond high school. Beginning today, families can view 2026 district and campus ratings and additional school information at TXschools.gov.
We are proud to share that Mexia ISD earned an overall rating of 76 (C) for 2026... up 10 points from a 66 (D) in 2025!
That growth represents far more than a change in a letter grade.
It represents students who grew.
Teachers who stayed committed.
Campus leaders who remained focused.
Teams who studied the data, adjusted instruction, supported students, and kept pushing forward.
And it provides meaningful evidence that Mexia ISD is moving in the right direction!
But behind every number is a story… and across Mexia ISD, those stories are stories of growth.
❤️🖤 McBay/Sims Elementary
2025: 59 (F) → 2026: 69 (D)
⬆️ 10-POINT GAIN
Principal Carolyn Cummings shared:
“I am most proud of the academic growth our students have made and the dedication of our teachers to student success. This growth reflects the hard work, collaboration, and belief of our students and staff. When we work together with a shared purpose and high expectations, our students can achieve great things.
As we move into 2026–2027, we will continue to meet students where they are academically and provide the instruction, support, and resources they need to grow. We recognize that social-emotional well-being is an important part of academic success. When students feel safe, supported, valued, and confident, they are better prepared to engage in learning, persevere through challenges, and reach their potential.
Our campus will remain focused on high-quality instruction, purposeful collaboration, data-informed decisions, and supporting the whole child. Aligned with ‘All Means All. Excellence Without Exception’ we believe every student matters and every student deserves the opportunity to succeed.
One Team. One Vision. 100% Blackcat Pride. Achieving Greatness Together.”
❤️🖤 Mexia Junior High
2025: 59 (F) → 2026: 76 (C)
⬆️ 17-POINT GAIN
Principal Amanda Wilson shared:
“We are excited to celebrate the release of our 2026 STAAR scores and our growth to a C accountability rating! This accomplishment reflects the hard work, determination, and commitment of our students and staff.
Last year, we focused on making student growth our priority—because every point of growth matters. These results show what is possible when we work together and believe in our students.
As we begin the new school year with All Grit. All Grind. All Blackcat., we will continue building on this momentum while staying committed to The Blackcat Way: doing what’s right, working together, taking care of business, and striving for excellence.”
❤️🖤 Mexia High School
2025: 76 (C) → 2026: 83 (B)
⬆️ 7-POINT GAIN
Principal Marcus Wilson shared:
“The goal for the 2025–26 school year was to earn a ‘B’ for Blackcats. We are proud to announce that through hard work and academic growth, the MHS staff and students accomplished a B rating, scoring an 83.
This momentum helps set the stage for this year, ‘The Year of the Mexia Blackcats,’ as we #RaiseTheBar with our sights set on being the first Mexia ISD campus to capture an A Rating. Help us in celebrating this huge milestone for our campus and join us in pushing forward to an epic 2026–27 school year.”
These results give us something important to celebrate, but they also give us something equally important to build upon!
We know there are still gaps to close.
We know there are students who need us to get even better.
And we know that one year of growth is not the finish line.
But today, we celebrate the undeniable progress of our students, staff, campuses, and community!
66 (D) → 76 (C).
Three campuses moving forward.
Hundreds of students demonstrating growth.
One district united around what comes next.
The work is working.
The momentum is real.
And we are just getting started.
ALL MEANS ALL.
Excellence Without Exception.
❤️🖤 Proud to be a Blackcat. Proud to be Mexia ISD.🖤❤️
Today, the Texas Education Agency officially released the 2026 A-F Accountability Ratings for school districts and campuses across the state.
The Texas A-F accountability system is designed to provide families and communities with a transparent measure of district and campus performance. Accountability ratings are one of several measures that help show how well schools are preparing students for the next grade level and for success beyond high school. Beginning today, families can view 2026 district and campus ratings and additional school information at TXschools.gov.
We are proud to share that Mexia ISD earned an overall rating of 76 (C) for 2026... up 10 points from a 66 (D) in 2025!
That growth represents far more than a change in a letter grade.
It represents students who grew.
Teachers who stayed committed.
Campus leaders who remained focused.
Teams who studied the data, adjusted instruction, supported students, and kept pushing forward.
And it provides meaningful evidence that Mexia ISD is moving in the right direction!
But behind every number is a story… and across Mexia ISD, those stories are stories of growth.
❤️🖤 McBay/Sims Elementary
2025: 59 (F) → 2026: 69 (D)
⬆️ 10-POINT GAIN
Principal Carolyn Cummings shared:
“I am most proud of the academic growth our students have made and the dedication of our teachers to student success. This growth reflects the hard work, collaboration, and belief of our students and staff. When we work together with a shared purpose and high expectations, our students can achieve great things.
As we move into 2026–2027, we will continue to meet students where they are academically and provide the instruction, support, and resources they need to grow. We recognize that social-emotional well-being is an important part of academic success. When students feel safe, supported, valued, and confident, they are better prepared to engage in learning, persevere through challenges, and reach their potential.
Our campus will remain focused on high-quality instruction, purposeful collaboration, data-informed decisions, and supporting the whole child. Aligned with ‘All Means All. Excellence Without Exception’ we believe every student matters and every student deserves the opportunity to succeed.
One Team. One Vision. 100% Blackcat Pride. Achieving Greatness Together.”
❤️🖤 Mexia Junior High
2025: 59 (F) → 2026: 76 (C)
⬆️ 17-POINT GAIN
Principal Amanda Wilson shared:
“We are excited to celebrate the release of our 2026 STAAR scores and our growth to a C accountability rating! This accomplishment reflects the hard work, determination, and commitment of our students and staff.
Last year, we focused on making student growth our priority—because every point of growth matters. These results show what is possible when we work together and believe in our students.
As we begin the new school year with All Grit. All Grind. All Blackcat., we will continue building on this momentum while staying committed to The Blackcat Way: doing what’s right, working together, taking care of business, and striving for excellence.”
❤️🖤 Mexia High School
2025: 76 (C) → 2026: 83 (B)
⬆️ 7-POINT GAIN
Principal Marcus Wilson shared:
“The goal for the 2025–26 school year was to earn a ‘B’ for Blackcats. We are proud to announce that through hard work and academic growth, the MHS staff and students accomplished a B rating, scoring an 83.
This momentum helps set the stage for this year, ‘The Year of the Mexia Blackcats,’ as we #RaiseTheBar with our sights set on being the first Mexia ISD campus to capture an A Rating. Help us in celebrating this huge milestone for our campus and join us in pushing forward to an epic 2026–27 school year.”
These results give us something important to celebrate, but they also give us something equally important to build upon!
We know there are still gaps to close.
We know there are students who need us to get even better.
And we know that one year of growth is not the finish line.
But today, we celebrate the undeniable progress of our students, staff, campuses, and community!
66 (D) → 76 (C).
Three campuses moving forward.
Hundreds of students demonstrating growth.
One district united around what comes next.
The work is working.
The momentum is real.
And we are just getting started.
ALL MEANS ALL.
Excellence Without Exception.
❤️🖤 Proud to be a Blackcat. Proud to be Mexia ISD.🖤❤️
🚨 BIM students in Mrs Busby's class are taking the lead! Today, our classes are participating in student-led discussion boards focused on digital responsibility and etiquette. 💻
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🏈MJH football practice kicks off tomorrow (Thursday) - arrive at 6:30am ! 🏈
ALL RETURNING STUDENTS MUST RE-ENROLL every year!
Thank you to those MISD parents/guardians who have re-enrolled your returning students in Skyward Family Access!
We still have many of our returning Blackcats that have NOT completed returning student registration, and we need your help getting this completed as soon as possible.
Click the link to complete the RETURNING STUDENT ONLINE REGISTRATION:
https://www.mexiaisd.net/page/2026-2027-returning-student-online-registration
Thank you to those MISD parents/guardians who have re-enrolled your returning students in Skyward Family Access!
We still have many of our returning Blackcats that have NOT completed returning student registration, and we need your help getting this completed as soon as possible.
Click the link to complete the RETURNING STUDENT ONLINE REGISTRATION:
https://www.mexiaisd.net/page/2026-2027-returning-student-online-registration
Mexia ISD is looking for Great Substitute Teachers!
As we begin another exciting school year, we’re looking to grow our team of quality substitute teachers!
If you enjoy working with students, want a flexible schedule, or are looking for a meaningful way to support Mexia ISD, come to our substitute teacher training on Thursday, August 20, 2026 from 9:00-11:00am at the Mexia ISD Administration Building.
As we begin another exciting school year, we’re looking to grow our team of quality substitute teachers!
If you enjoy working with students, want a flexible schedule, or are looking for a meaningful way to support Mexia ISD, come to our substitute teacher training on Thursday, August 20, 2026 from 9:00-11:00am at the Mexia ISD Administration Building.
Tomorrow at MJH! Students will NOT be allowed to call for Kona money.
Reminder schedule pick up is today !
7th/8th grade: 1-4:00
6th grade: 5:30-7:00
🚨Breakfast will be served starting at 7:35. First period tardy bell rings at 7:50! At MJH, every period counts towards attendance ! 🚨
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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❤️Your 2026-2027 MJH staff! 🖤
#allgritallgrind #allblackcat
MJH students and Mrs Alvarado traveled with World Classrooms to Washington DC over the summer to dive deep into USA history
At 5:00 p.m. yesterday, July 22, 2026 , ISCorp (Skyward) indicated some functionality had been restored, and troubleshooting continues. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will let you know when access has been reinstated for all users.
The service disruption is widespread. Many Skyward customers - including other local districts in our area are experiencing the same issues.
We are grateful for your patience. We share your anger and frustration. During this outage, our staff has not had access, which means we are not able to help with your login information as we too have been unable to process anything that requires Skyward.
Thank you for bearing with us through this situation.
The service disruption is widespread. Many Skyward customers - including other local districts in our area are experiencing the same issues.
We are grateful for your patience. We share your anger and frustration. During this outage, our staff has not had access, which means we are not able to help with your login information as we too have been unable to process anything that requires Skyward.
Thank you for bearing with us through this situation.
SKYWARD DOWN: Skyward is currently experiencing a systemwide outage that is preventing families from accessing the platform, including online registration. This outage is on Skyward’s end and is impacting districts across the state.
We are continuing to monitor the situation closely and will share an update as soon as Skyward notifies us that service has been restored.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
We are continuing to monitor the situation closely and will share an update as soon as Skyward notifies us that service has been restored.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Countdown has began!
