Best Elementary Schools in Texas

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 4675)	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)
484668005314	1091	East Point Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2400 Zanzibar Rd	El Paso	79925	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-4500	605	40	14.9	75.9%	38 (6.3%)	5 (0.8%)	559 (92.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,466			$1,458			$10,008	70.8	66.4	1329	238
483486011406	1092	Carmen Anaya Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 W Dicker Rd	Pharr	78577	Hidalgo County	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 784-8500	426	25	17.1	96.5%	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	423 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,766			$2,588			$9,178	70.8	79.4	785	307
480011308237	1093	Amigos Por Vida-Friends For Life Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	5503 El Camino Del Rey	Houston	77081	Harris County	Amigos Por Vida-Friends For Life Pub Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 349-9945	484	27	18.2	98.6%	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	476 (98.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,057			$1,842			$8,215	70.8	82.7	656	437
482566002874	1094	Meadows Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	423 27th St	Fort Cavazos	76544	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 336-1870	864	56	15.5	40.9%	332 (38.4%)	163 (18.9%)	250 (28.9%)	13 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.5%)	83 (9.6%)	$9,183			$1,158			$8,025	70.8	60.1	1601	507
480011812767	1095	Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	7310 Bowie	Houston	77012	Harris County	Houston Gateway Academy Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 644-8292	586	26	22.5	90.8%	5 (0.9%)	18 (3.1%)	558 (95.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								70.8	83.4	631	464
482647013021	1096	West Cypress Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6112 Cypress Ranch Blvd	Spicewood	78669	Travis County	Lake Travis Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 533-6000	602	41	14.7	11.8%	446 (74.1%)	2 (0.3%)	91 (15.1%)	45 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.8%)	$9,851			$835			$9,017	70.6	70.4	1147	51
480024112574	1097	Harmony School Of Science - Austin	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	11800 Stonehollow Dr Ste 100	Austin	78758	Travis County	Harmony Public Schools - Central Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 821-1700	456	27	16.9	61.0%	85 (18.6%)	91 (20.0%)	142 (31.1%)	130 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	$9,927			$782			$9,145	70.6	70.5	1143	46
482526009382	1098	Freedom Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	5401 Wall Price	Keller	76244	Tarrant County	Keller Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 744-4800	655	46	14.3	41.2%	231 (35.3%)	68 (10.4%)	244 (37.3%)	67 (10.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.7%)	$10,487			$1,193			$9,295	70.6	67.3	1275	177
482883003261	1099	Malta Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6178 W Us Hwy 82	New Boston	75570	Bowie County	Malta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 667-2950	212	19	11.3	51.4%	180 (84.9%)	3 (1.4%)	14 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.1%)	$6,958			$416			$6,542	70.5	64.1	1417	318
482406002674	1100	Lakewood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1600 Donley Dr	Euless	76039	Tarrant County	Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 354-3375	568	37	15.3	61.4%	136 (23.9%)	158 (27.8%)	173 (30.5%)	48 (8.5%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.4%)	43 (7.6%)	$9,334			$1,184			$8,150	70.4	76.8	891	209

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR Reading, STAAR Mathematics, STAAR Science 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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.