In Louisiana, the State Board of Education publishes, on their website, what is called the State Education Resport card.  This report rates each public school within a parish (would be county in Texas) by comparing its ACT scores against other schools within the parish, State and the US.  It will also report as to how many teachers on the staff of each school have certification in the field in which they are providing instruction, the number of teachers possessing graduate level degrees and if that degree is within their field of instriucton.  It provides many facts on the individual schools and how they rate among other schools within the area so you could make an intelligent sellection for their students. 

I am describing this research tool in detail, in hopes that some of my Texas Friends wiill write in and say "sure, we have xyz feature located on the Texas Education Website or some other source.  You see I have a vested interest in obtaining this knowledge source in the next year.  I have just found out that my daughter and her family will be relocating to the Houston/SE of Houston area within the next year.  They have a wide choice of where they can select to live.  Their Number one criteria for selection of a community will be quality of the school system.

How does the consumer discover this information in Texas?  I felt the Lone Star Real Estate Professionals Group might be the best place to find out this information.  Thank you for your assisatance.  I look forward to hearing your responses.