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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)
481170000672	951	Brownwood High School	Public	9-12	2100 Slayden	Brownwood	76801	Brown County	Brownwood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 646-9549	943	71	13.3	53.4%	442 (46.9%)	51 (5.4%)	408 (43.3%)	7 (0.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.3%)	$9,899			$1,642			$8,257	49.3	48.4	965	14
484480005100	952	Weatherford High School	Public	9-12	2121 Bethel Rd	Weatherford	76087	Parker County	Weatherford Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 598-2858	2,487	169	14.7	42.7%	1,542 (62.0%)	58 (2.3%)	770 (31.0%)	10 (0.4%)	17 (0.7%)	1 (0.0%)	89 (3.6%)	$10,175			$1,801			$8,374	49.3	48.2	978	26
481623001387	953	Woodrow Wilson High School	Public	9-12	100 S Glasgow Dr	Dallas	75214	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 502-4400	1,791	119	15	53.0%	518 (28.9%)	108 (6.0%)	1,111 (62.0%)	23 (1.3%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (1.5%)	$10,233			$3,033			$7,200	49.3	53.5	842	111
482670006577	954	Laneville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	7415 Hwy 1798 W	Laneville	75667	Rusk County	Laneville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 863-5353	140	17	8.3	82.9%	46 (32.9%)	43 (30.7%)	41 (29.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.1%)	$13,496			$1,312			$12,184	49.3	63.1	615	339
481671001433	955	Denison High School	Public	9-12	4200 N State Hwy 91	Denison	75020	Grayson County	Denison Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 462-7125	1,320	103	12.8	61.4%	715 (54.2%)	128 (9.7%)	320 (24.2%)	15 (1.1%)	24 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	118 (8.9%)	$10,928			$1,162			$9,767	49.1	58.1	717	238
483636004081	956	Rains High School	Public	9-12	1755 W Us Hwy 69	Emory	75440	Rains County	Rains Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 473-2222	522	43	12	58.4%	372 (71.3%)	15 (2.9%)	105 (20.1%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.2%)	$12,010			$1,490			$10,520	49.1	45.9	1044	88
482622002959	957	Lapoynor High School	Public	9-12	13155 Hwy 175 E	Larue	75770	Henderson County	Lapoynor Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 876-2373	178	22	7.9	47.8%	144 (80.9%)	11 (6.2%)	23 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,951			$1,180			$10,771	49.1	53.5	841	116
480144012917	958	Iltexas Garland High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4413 N Shiloh Rd	Garland	75044	Dallas County	International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 414-3414	600	48	12.4	70.2%	64 (10.7%)	85 (14.2%)	388 (64.7%)	50 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.0%)	$10,588			$933			$9,655	49	45	1063	105
481377000868	959	Chester High School	Public	6-12	273 Yellowjacket Dr	Chester	75936	Tyler County	Chester Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 969-2353	116	12	9.5	55.2%	100 (86.2%)	1 (0.9%)	6 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.8%)	$12,604			$1,514			$11,090	49	50.7	915	44
481248000741	960	Calhoun High School	Public	9-12	201 Sandcrab Blvd	Port Lavaca	77979	Calhoun County	Calhoun County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 552-3775	995	78	12.7	58.5%	240 (24.1%)	10 (1.0%)	686 (68.9%)	51 (5.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	$11,780			$874			$10,906	48.9	42.8	1117	157

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.