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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1987)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
480000600275	581	Aspermont High School	Public	6-12	528 E Seventh St	Aspermont	79502	Stonewall County	Aspermont Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 215-5001	103	13	7.7	45.6%	69 (67.0%)	2 (1.9%)	29 (28.2%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$15,458			$709			$14,749	63.9	67.8	481	100
483264003609	582	New Waverly High School	Public	9-12	9464 Hyw 75 S	New Waverly	77358	Walker County	New Waverly Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 344-6451	333	30	11.2	50.8%	224 (67.3%)	49 (14.7%)	46 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.2%)	$14,666			$752			$13,913	63.8	54	829	247
480000500513	583	Blackwell School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	610 N Alamo	Blackwell	79506	Nolan County	Blackwell Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 282-2311	152	21	7		118 (77.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (19.1%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$21,973			$1,064			$20,909	63.7	65.1	557	26
482640002973	584	Lago Vista High School	Public	9-12	5185 Lohman Ford Rd	Lago Vista	78645	Travis County	Lago Vista Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 267-8300	636	41	15.6	21.5%	434 (68.2%)	5 (0.8%)	160 (25.2%)	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.2%)	$9,555			$555			$8,999	63.7	62.7	624	40
480975000446	585	Bellevue School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	500 Seventh St	Bellevue	76228	Clay County	Bellevue Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 928-2104	167	16	10.3	50.3%	156 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$13,412			$1,222			$12,190	63.6	59.1	696	111
483301003667	586	North Lamar High School	Public	9-12	295 Stone Ave	Paris	75460	Lamar County	North Lamar Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 737-2011	727	61	11.8	46.4%	538 (74.0%)	29 (4.0%)	98 (13.5%)	8 (1.1%)	13 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.5%)	$10,667			$996			$9,672	63.6	64.3	577	9
482160007458	587	Grape Creek High School	Public	9-12	8834 Grape Creek Rd	San Angelo	76901	Tom Green County	Grape Creek Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 653-1852	308	30	10.3	63.0%	161 (52.3%)	3 (1.0%)	132 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.9%)	$12,668			$953			$11,715	63.6	60.1	675	88
480768000054	588	Albany Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	501 E S First St	Albany	76430	Shackelford County	Albany Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 762-3974	235	22	10.6	37.0%	185 (78.7%)	4 (1.7%)	35 (14.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	$12,972			$697			$12,275	63.6	70.5	418	170
484224004805	589	Tatum High School	Public	9-12	600 Crystal Farms Rd	Tatum	75691	Rusk County	Tatum Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 947-6482	464	37	12.5	51.1%	237 (51.1%)	72 (15.5%)	145 (31.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	$12,884			$1,658			$11,226	63.5	59	698	109
482574013407	590	Klein Cain High School	Public	9-12	10201 Spring Cypress Rd	Klein	77070	Harris County	Klein Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 249-4000	3,902	232	16.7	40.9%	1,267 (32.5%)	549 (14.1%)	1,550 (39.7%)	395 (10.1%)	14 (0.4%)	5 (0.1%)	122 (3.1%)	$8,343			$659			$7,684	63.5	60.6	665	75

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR EOC Algebra I, STAAR EOC Biology, STAAR EOC English I Reading, STAAR EOC English II Reading, STAAR EOC U.S. History test scores released by the Texas Education Agency.
These rankings were last updated on September 11, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Texas Education Agency, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency.
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