It’s that time of year when parents and students may be concerned about whether they have met requirements to advance to the next grade, and HISD is making promotion standards – as well as a series of frequently asked questions – easily accessible to find answers.
In addition to appearing here, the standards can be located on each school website, in the Student Requirements section of this www.houstonisd.org website, and on the Plan Your Path web section that addresses overall education planning and requirements for graduation. The FAQs are available in the Student Requirements section and on the Plan Your Path area, by clicking the Questions bar.
Here are HISD promotion standards:
| Grade Level |
Promotion Standards |
| 1 and 2 |
- Students must pass High Frequency Word Test – Recognizing and reading words that appear very often in written and spoken language.
- State requirement of overall yearly average of 70 or above and local requirement of an average of 70 or above in reading, other language arts, mathematics, and science or social studies.
- Students must have sufficient attendance*
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| 3, 4 and 5 |
- Students must pass STAAR (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness) in reading and math.
- State requirement of overall yearly average of 70 or above and local requirement of an average of 70 or above in reading, other language arts, mathematics, and science or social studies.
- Students must have sufficient attendance*
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| 6, 7 and 8 |
- Students must pass STAAR in reading and math.
- State requirement of overall yearly average of 70 or above and a local requirement of an average of 70 or above in three of the four core courses: Language arts (average of reading and English), mathematics, science, and social studies.
- Students must have sufficient attendance*
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| 9 – 12 |
- Students are promoted based on their total accumulated course credits prior to the beginning of the next school year.
- Individual course credit is earned through a passing grade of 70% or above and sufficient attendance*
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*Sufficient attendance: A student’s total number of unexcused absences cannot exceed 10% of class meetings.
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