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)
481168000653	1511	Garden Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	855 Military Hwy	Brownsville	78520	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 982-2630	394	27	14.4	98.7%	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	389 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$14,369			$2,018			$12,351	61.5	53.5	1975	464
480016313181	1512	Denton Classical Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	4420 Country Club Rd	Denton	76210	Denton County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	198	17	11.6	33.8%	112 (56.6%)	27 (13.6%)	35 (17.7%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.6%)	$11,362			$1,021			$10,341	61.5	50.4	2155	643
483312012098	1513	Kuentz Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12303 Leslie Rd	Helotes	78023	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 397-8050	542	44	12.3	30.8%	147 (27.1%)	11 (2.0%)	360 (66.4%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.5%)	$9,991			$693			$9,298	61.5	52.7	2027	514
484671009446	1514	Zapata North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	502 E 17th Ave	Zapata	78076	Zapata County	Zapata County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 765-6921	575	35	16.6	91.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	575 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,515			$1,130			$8,385	61.4	51.3	2107	593
481623001356	1515	Ascher Silberstein Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5940 Hollis Ave	Dallas	75227	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-1900	525	36	14.5	93.9%	8 (1.5%)	13 (2.5%)	498 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$11,619			$1,468			$10,151	61.4	62.5	1481	34
483006010958	1516	Castroville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Madrid	Castroville	78009	Medina County	Medina Valley Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 931-2117	645	43	14.8	57.1%	217 (33.6%)	5 (0.8%)	401 (62.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.9%)	$10,133			$1,130			$9,003	61.4	77.1	874	642
482410002685	1517	Hutto Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Mager Ln	Hutto	78634	Williamson County	Hutto Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 759-2094	828	51	16.1	36.6%	278 (33.6%)	106 (12.8%)	338 (40.8%)	45 (5.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (6.9%)	$9,612			$561			$9,051	61.4	61.2	1552	35
480021112883	1518	Idea Carver Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	217 Robinson Pl	San Antonio	78202	Bexar County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 223-8885	528	24	22	81.4%	28 (5.3%)	43 (8.1%)	453 (85.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$8,796			$1,443			$7,353	61.4	74.7	973	545
482566007786	1519	Montague Village Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	84001 Clements Dr	Fort Cavazos	76544	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 336-2230	564	40	14.1	45.9%	185 (32.8%)	121 (21.5%)	173 (30.7%)	13 (2.3%)	4 (0.7%)	14 (2.5%)	54 (9.6%)	$10,709			$1,433			$9,276	61.4	68.1	1242	277
482517013138	1520	Bethke Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4535 E Ventana Pkwy	Katy	77493	Harris County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 234-4200	960	71	13.5	57.5%	146 (15.2%)	242 (25.2%)	400 (41.7%)	130 (13.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.3%)	$10,477			$560			$9,917	61.3	65.8	1349	171

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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.