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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)
483012010505	171	Melissa High School	Public	9-12	3030 Milrany Ln	Melissa	75454	Collin County	Melissa Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 837-4216	1,485	97	15.2		862 (58.0%)	205 (13.8%)	262 (17.6%)	72 (4.8%)	9 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	73 (4.9%)	$10,320			$384			$9,936	82.6	78.3	244	73
480016312670	172	Founders Classical Academy - Lewisville	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1010 Bellaire Blvd	Lewisville	75067	Denton County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	934	58	16	25.7%	420 (45.0%)	56 (6.0%)	187 (20.0%)	213 (22.8%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	53 (5.7%)	$8,064			$429			$7,635	82.6	85.2	128	44
480016312926	173	Ischool High At The Woodlands	Public, Charter	9-12	3232 College Park Dr	Conroe	77384	Montgomery County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	299	13	23.9	25.8%	139 (46.5%)	18 (6.0%)	120 (40.1%)	9 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.7%)	$7,516			$267			$7,248	82.6	88.4	76	97
480025810423	174	Sst Sa College Prep High School	Public, Charter	7-12	4410 David Edwards Dr	San Antonio	78233	Bexar County	School Of Science And Technology	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 549-4161	615	49	12.5	45.5%	158 (25.7%)	50 (8.1%)	360 (58.5%)	16 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.7%)	$12,026			$669			$11,357	82.5	75.4	301	127
480007008503	175	Universal Academy - Coppell	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1001 E Sandy Lake Rd	Coppell	75019	Dallas County	Universal Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 393-5834	1,346	82	16.3		30 (2.2%)	166 (12.3%)	51 (3.8%)	1,084 (80.5%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (0.8%)	$5,929			$436			$5,492	82.4	88.3	81	94
480894006508	176	Bowie High School	Public	9-12	4103 Slaughter Ln	Austin	78749	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 414-5247	2,782	146	19	13.0%	1,617 (58.1%)	57 (2.0%)	815 (29.3%)	144 (5.2%)	6 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	138 (5.0%)	$9,690			$362			$9,328	82.4	84	145	31
482364007928	177	Eastwood Academy	Public	9-12	1315 Dumble	Houston	77023	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 924-1697	390	23	17.1	65.1%	7 (1.8%)	7 (1.8%)	366 (93.8%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,419			$945			$8,474	82.4	88.7	73	104
481071012014	178	Boerne - Samuel V Champion High School	Public	9-12	201 Charger Blvd	Boerne	78006	Kendall County	Boerne Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 357-2600	2,014	102	19.6	11.9%	1,230 (61.1%)	23 (1.1%)	654 (32.5%)	49 (2.4%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	54 (2.7%)	$8,635			$466			$8,170	82.4	85.1	130	48
482928003307	179	Mason High School	Public	9-12	1105 W College Ave	Mason	76856	Mason County	Mason Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 347-1122	214	26	8.3	42.5%	135 (63.1%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (33.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$14,970			$900			$14,070	82.3	83.8	150	29
482730005770	180	Marcus High School	Public	9-12	5707 Morriss Rd	Flower Mound	75028	Denton County	Lewisville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 713-5196	3,005	200	15	11.1%	1,913 (63.7%)	131 (4.4%)	546 (18.2%)	281 (9.4%)	13 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	118 (3.9%)	$9,197			$717			$8,480	82.3	82.8	163	17

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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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