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)
483558004035	2311	Pottsboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1401 Katy Ln	Pottsboro	75076	Grayson County	Pottsboro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 771-2981	539	37	14.3	39.7%	433 (80.3%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.4%)	$9,536			$1,247			$8,289	47.5	62.5	1476	835
481407000888	2312	Cisco Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	503 W 11th St	Cisco	76437	Eastland County	Cisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 442-1219	418	35	11.8	63.2%	320 (76.6%)	3 (0.7%)	81 (19.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$10,107			$1,406			$8,701	47.5	64.2	1409	903
482592011977	2313	Kountze Intermediate	Public	3-5	150 Vaughn St	Kountze	77625	Hardin County	Kountze Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 246-8230	255	19	13.5	70.2%	193 (75.7%)	25 (9.8%)	26 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.9%)	$10,406			$1,680			$8,726	47.5	59.4	1629	684
482034005993	2314	Back Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7300 Bluebonnet Dr	Rowlett	75089	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 475-1884	428	33	13	72.2%	57 (13.3%)	126 (29.4%)	166 (38.8%)	55 (12.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.1%)	$11,818			$1,782			$10,036	47.5	53.2	1995	319
482459002748	2315	East Side Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	711 Ft Worth St	Jacksonville	75766	Cherokee County	Jacksonville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 586-5146	607	39	15.6	77.3%	220 (36.2%)	113 (18.6%)	238 (39.2%)	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.3%)	$10,471			$1,860			$8,611	47.5	54.3	1925	390
480744000022	2316	Alcorta Elementary	Public	K-5	2650 S 32nd St	Abilene	79605	Taylor County	Abilene Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 690-3602	395	26	15.2	78.5%	172 (43.5%)	36 (9.1%)	164 (41.5%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	$9,809			$1,978			$7,832	47.5	39.6	2824	508
481770014137	2317	Lake Country Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7151 Lake Country Dr	Fort Worth	76179	Tarrant County	Eagle Mt-Saginaw Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 232-0880	699	44	15.7	38.1%	334 (47.8%)	100 (14.3%)	220 (31.5%)	13 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.6%)								47.5	55.2	1869	448
484368004965	2318	Utopia School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	258 School St	Utopia	78884	Uvalde County	Utopia Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 966-3339	201	19	10.6	45.3%	148 (73.6%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$13,041			$1,430			$11,611	47.5	15.8	4246	1928
482034011475	2319	George Washington Carver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2200 Wynn Joyce	Garland	75043	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 487-4415	649	44	14.7	85.8%	43 (6.6%)	94 (14.5%)	434 (66.9%)	52 (8.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.5%)	$9,943			$1,453			$8,491	47.4	35	3096	777
480870007433	2320	Ashworth Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6700 Silo Rd	Arlington	76002	Tarrant County	Arlington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 867-4800	480	38	12.5	78.3%	85 (17.7%)	161 (33.5%)	176 (36.7%)	32 (6.7%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	20 (4.2%)	$11,406			$738			$10,668	47.4	48.7	2256	64

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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.