In language that occasionally touched on the biblical — as when he referred to the 5.5 million "souls" in the Texas public schools — Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath looked around the room at Jefferson Elementary in Houston ISD Friday saw that it was very good.

In town to help celebrate HISD's marked improvement in school rankings from the state, Morath dropped in to Jefferson Elementary, the central division school that had a D rating in 2023, a C in 2024 and that skyrocketed to an A rating in just released 2025 preliminary assessments. (Districts have 30 days to correct any errors.)

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles offered an abridged set of slides (from earlier public reveals), demonstrating the better ratings scores that resulted in no F schools and a multitude of A and B schoo

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