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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)
480142013518	291	Leadership Prep School Secondary	Public, Charter	5-12	8100 Teel Pkwy	Frisco	75034	Denton County	Leadership Prep School	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 370-3650	851	46	18.5		281 (33.0%)	127 (14.9%)	199 (23.4%)	202 (23.7%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.1%)	$6,096			$156			$5,941	76.1	62.5	626	335
483225003575	292	Neches High School	Public	7-12	1509 Acr 346	Palestine	75803	Anderson County	Neches Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 584-3443	140	14	10.2	47.1%	109 (77.9%)	10 (7.1%)	18 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	$16,456			$1,093			$15,363	76	68.9	456	164
480023512294	293	Gateway College Preparatory School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3360 Westinghouse Rd	Georgetown	78626	Williamson County	Orenda Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 868-4947	1,540	85	18.1		825 (53.6%)	86 (5.6%)	350 (22.7%)	178 (11.6%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	93 (6.0%)	$6,474			$193			$6,281	76	74.2	323	30
482478002771	294	Jim Ned High School	Public	9-12	9th And Garza	Tuscola	79562	Taylor County	Jim Ned Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 554-7755	457	35	12.9	15.3%	388 (84.9%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (12.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$12,327			$1,294			$11,033	76	75.3	305	11
482064002075	295	Giddings High School	Public	9-12	2337 N Main	Giddings	78942	Lee County	Giddings Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 542-3351	653	49	13.2	45.8%	235 (36.0%)	48 (7.4%)	349 (53.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.3%)	$10,189			$926			$9,263	76	64.2	582	287
481091006073	296	Bosqueville High School	Public	9-12	7636 Rock Creek Rd	Waco	76708	McLennan County	Bosqueville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 757-3113	218	21	10.5	32.6%	161 (73.9%)	8 (3.7%)	46 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	$12,665			$718			$11,947	75.9	80.5	201	95
481242000734	297	Calallen High School	Public	9-12	4001 Wildcat Dr	Corpus Christi	78410	Nueces County	Calallen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 242-5626	1,180	90	13	51.1%	365 (30.9%)	11 (0.9%)	780 (66.1%)	9 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.0%)	$12,221			$1,218			$11,003	75.8	75.8	296	1
481500010964	298	College Park High School	Public	9-12	3701 College Park Dr	The Woodlands	77384	Montgomery County	Conroe Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 709-3000	3,214	198	16.2	26.1%	1,515 (47.1%)	261 (8.1%)	958 (29.8%)	316 (9.8%)	14 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	150 (4.7%)	$8,770			$419			$8,351	75.7	76.3	285	13
480771013696	299	Avalos P-Technical School	Public	9-12	2430 Aldine Mail Route Rd	Houston	77039	Harris County	Aldine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 985-2100	452	25	17.9	83.4%	8 (1.8%)	50 (11.1%)	391 (86.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$11,879			$2,604			$9,274	75.7	73.8	331	32
483156003528	300	Moulton High School	Public	7-12	500 N Pecan	Moulton	77975	Lavaca County	Moulton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 596-4691	138	11	12.2	40.6%	61 (44.2%)	2 (1.4%)	73 (52.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$11,416			$716			$10,700	75.7	77.6	260	40

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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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