NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - The latest Texas Education Agency ratings show several major San Antonio-area school districts are still facing academic performance challenges.

The state ratings, released Friday morning, are intended to measure how districts and campuses are performing across three areas: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath will be at New Braunfels ISD's Oak Run Middle School for a news conference on the release of the ratings.