The Texas Urban Council (TUC) has released its first-ever 2025 Annual Report, highlighting how collaboration, transparency, and shared accountability among Texas’ largest urban school districts are helping drive measurable improvements in student outcomes across the state. Representing districts that educate nearly one in seven Texas public school students, the report outlines TUC’s collective work around academic recovery, college and career readiness, policy advocacy, and data-driven improvement efforts.
Titled “Collaboration, Accountability, and Success: How the Texas Urban Council Drives Educational Outcomes,” the 2025 report provides a first look at the coalition’s shared goals, strategic priorities, and emerging outcomes — while establishing a foundation for future annual progress updates through 2030.
In the report’s welcome message, Texas Urban Council Chair Dr. Anthony Mays reflects on the power of collaboration among urban district leaders across Texas, sharing that, “Texas Urban Council leaders are heroes, focused daily on collaboration and on doing the work needed to close opportunity gaps for Texas students.” He later adds, “We are better together,” emphasizing the coalition’s shared commitment to transparency, accountability, and improving outcomes for students across the state.
The report also highlights how TUC districts are leveraging shared benchmarking, implementation support, and unified policy advocacy to accelerate student achievement and strengthen college, career, and military readiness outcomes statewide. Early indicators highlighted throughout the report suggest that many TUC districts are recovering from pandemic-related learning loss faster than the statewide average on several key academic measures.
Click here to review a PDF of the entire Texas Urban Council 2025 Annual Report.