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)
483585004058	1941	Lacy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	224 E College St	Princeton	75407	Collin County	Princeton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 952-5400	652	45	14.4	58.0%	199 (30.5%)	158 (24.2%)	215 (33.0%)	44 (6.7%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.8%)	$9,719			$1,081			$8,638	53.5	51.4	2101	160
480813000151	1942	Coronado Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3210 Wimberly Rd	Amarillo	79109	Randall County	Amarillo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 354-4600	384	28	13.6	71.4%	158 (41.1%)	23 (6.0%)	180 (46.9%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	$10,411			$1,692			$8,718	53.5	62.9	1458	484
482103011823	1943	Goliad Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	101 W High St	Goliad	77963	Goliad County	Goliad Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 645-3206	580	40	14.6	52.6%	264 (45.5%)	13 (2.2%)	283 (48.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	$11,262			$1,484			$9,777	53.5	55.8	1833	110
481246021143	1944	Caldwell Intermediate	Public	4-6	763 County Rd 300	Caldwell	77836	Burleson County	Caldwell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 567-2403	436	28	15.3	65.6%	202 (46.3%)	44 (10.1%)	168 (38.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	$10,278			$1,088			$9,191	53.4	55.2	1871	73
480021113712	1945	Idea Owassa Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	1000 E Owassa Rd	Pharr	78577	Hidalgo County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 351-4959	708	30	23.6	86.0%	42 (5.9%)	4 (0.6%)	651 (91.9%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	$9,761			$1,902			$7,859	53.4	60.8	1566	379
482619002954	1946	Bayshore Elementary	Public	K-5	800 McCable Rd	La Porte	77571	Harris County	La Porte Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 604-4600	378	27	13.9	63.8%	160 (42.3%)	32 (8.5%)	155 (41.0%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.8%)	$11,619			$1,177			$10,442	53.4	44.2	2517	571
483486006599	1947	Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 W Ridge Rd	San Juan	78589	Hidalgo County	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 354-2700	642	39	16.6	87.4%	10 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	631 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,458			$2,300			$9,158	53.3	44.6	2491	544
481830001708	1948	Putnam Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6508 Fiesta Dr	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-3225	273	21	13.2	81.7%	24 (8.8%)	8 (2.9%)	234 (85.7%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$13,924			$2,348			$11,576	53.3	45	2469	521
483702004145	1949	Northwood Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	14532 Meandering Way	Dallas	75254	Dallas County	Richardson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 593-4300	366	34	10.9	60.1%	83 (22.7%)	65 (17.8%)	196 (53.6%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$11,857			$1,001			$10,856	53.3	55.6	1843	106
484233007788	1950	Kennedy-Powell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3707 W Nugent Ave	Temple	76504	Bell County	Temple Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 215-6000	416	26	16.1	66.6%	122 (29.3%)	88 (21.2%)	162 (38.9%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	38 (9.1%)	$10,884			$1,748			$9,136	53.3	60.6	1581	369

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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.
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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.