Best Public Schools in Lubbock, TX

The city of Lubbock, Texas is home to 77 schools, including 46 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, 15 high schools, and 2 alternative schools. The data reveals significant disparities in academic performance between the top-performing schools and lower-performing schools, often along socioeconomic and racial lines.

Several schools stand out as exceptional performers, including Talkington School For Young Women Leaders, a public magnet high school that ranks 15th out of 1,987 Texas high schools and has a 100% four-year graduation rate. Other high-achieving schools include Lubbock-Cooper High School and Crestview Elementary. These schools demonstrate that specialized educational models can produce strong academic outcomes, even in challenging socioeconomic contexts.

However, the data also reveals significant funding disparities, with spending per student ranging from $7,477 at Upland Heights Elementary to $193,138 at Homebound, the district's alternative school. This suggests that the school district a student attends can be a key factor in their academic success, with schools in the higher-ranked Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District (ISD) and Frenship ISD generally outperforming those in the lower-ranked Lubbock ISD and Roosevelt ISD.