Sure, I'll play.

I'm also in a large, well-supported region in DFW. Several bands in my region are State Marching competitors and Honor Band contenders.

Here are the numbers from my region. These are HS NV and SNV bands, 5A and 6A classes, receiving at least one score that was not a 1 (including several 3s and a 4).
2023 - 7 of 12 bands, 58%
2024 - 7 of 13, 46%
2025 - 7 of 12, 58%

It wasn't necessarily the same 7 bands each year receiving 2s.

Looking at our results, I would say that the standards are very tough for 6A schools over 5A. Same day, same judges. In the past 3 years, not one 6A NV band has received straight 1s. Only 2 6A NV bands have received a 1 overall. When we went from 5A to 6A our scores dropped quite a bit, with the same staff, same demographic, just a few more kids enrolled that put us over the line from 5A to 6A. I know, "for the classification entered."

For the record, I'm not mad about my scores at all this year. We did well. Not perfect, but we did well, and I think the scores were fair.