School districts learn final accountability rating

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The academic standings of Scurry County’s three public school districts did not change after the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the final 2015-16 ratings on Thursday.
Snyder ISD and Snyder Junior High School were rated as improvement required while Snyder High School, Snyder Intermediate School, Snyder Primary School and Stanfield Elementary School were rated as met standards.
Hermleigh ISD and Ira ISD were both rated as met standards.
The final ratings include the results of an appeals process that provides districts and charter schools an opportunity to contest preliminary ratings, which were released in August.
The TEA received 104 school district and campus-level appeals in 2016, compared to 72 in 2015, 90 in 2014 and 85 in 2013. 
Under the final 2016 ratings, more than 90 percent of school districts and charters achieved the rating of met standard.