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)
480771013771	3481	Escamilla Elementary	Public	1-5	5241 E Mt Houston Rd	Houston	77093	Harris County	Aldine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 985-6390	780	49	16	95.3%	18 (2.3%)	14 (1.8%)	746 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$9,877			$1,811			$8,066	29.3	16.6	4208	727
483294005559	3482	Stahl Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5222 Stahl Rd	San Antonio	78247	Bexar County	North East Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 407-7400	640	52	12.3	70.0%	96 (15.0%)	47 (7.3%)	463 (72.3%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.4%)	$9,938			$968			$8,970	29.2	37.4	2959	523
482853003224	3483	Lueders-Avoca El/J H	Public	PK, KG-8	334 Vandeventer St	Lueders	79533	Jones County	Lueders-Avoca Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 228-4211	77	12	6.6	71.4%	54 (70.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	$17,215			$2,133			$15,082	29.2	25.1	3689	206
483636009464	3484	Rains Intermediate	Public	3-5	409 Fm 3299	Emory	75440	Rains County	Rains Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 473-2222	375	26	14.5	58.1%	282 (75.2%)	8 (2.1%)	69 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.5%)	$9,790			$1,584			$8,206	29.2	26.3	3611	127
483873004378	3485	Neal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3407 Capitol Ave	San Antonio	78201	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 738-9810	475	31	15.1	96.4%	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	462 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$11,328			$2,822			$8,506	29.2	26.6	3592	107
482025001985	3486	Green Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13350 Woodforest Blvd	Houston	77015	Harris County	Galena Park Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 386-4390	591	44	13.3	93.7%	2 (0.3%)	123 (20.8%)	460 (77.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	$13,670			$1,604			$12,066	29.2	26	3623	137
482679003016	3487	H B Zachry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3200 Chacota St	Laredo	78046	Webb County	Laredo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 273-4900	568	36	15.9	94.4%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	566 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,645			$1,615			$9,031	29.2	36.5	3007	480
481305000794	3488	Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 S Perry Rd	Carrollton	75006	Dallas County	Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 968-1300	461	32	14.2	93.5%	8 (1.7%)	17 (3.7%)	430 (93.3%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$12,096			$1,874			$10,222	29.1	28.3	3500	12
481815001606	3489	Alonso S Perales Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1507 Ceralvo St	San Antonio	78237	Bexar County	Edgewood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 898-4260	389	23	17.1	86.9%	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	384 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,682			$1,950			$10,732	29.1	22	3879	390
483726004191	3490	Rolling Hills Elementary	Public	2-5	2800 W Cherry Ave	Amarillo	79108	Potter County	River Road Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 383-8621	301	28	10.9	61.5%	192 (63.8%)	4 (1.3%)	89 (29.6%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$10,842			$1,844			$8,998	29.1	30.5	3375	115

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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.