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)
481104000570	331	Mimi Farley Elementary	Public	K-5	29 Tascosa Trail	Boys Ranch	79010	Oldham County	Boys Ranch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 534-2248	22	8	2.8		19 (86.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$30,693			$12,825			$17,868	91.1	66.8	1305	974
482658013552	332	Don Carter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8500 A Meyers Rd	Richmond	77469	Fort Bend County	Lamar Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 223-5500	998	56	17.7	38.8%	224 (22.4%)	264 (26.5%)	257 (25.8%)	198 (19.8%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (5.0%)	$9,254			$819			$8,435	91	88.6	431	99
481473000969	333	Garden Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9401 Municipal Pkwy	Garden Ridge	78266	Comal County	Comal Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 837-7000	486	36	13.5	19.5%	302 (62.1%)	15 (3.1%)	128 (26.3%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.2%)	$8,925			$647			$8,278	91	84.3	598	265
483510006600	334	Brinker Elementary	Public	K-5	3800 John Clark Pkwy	Plano	75093	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 752-0500	583	46	12.6	43.7%	154 (26.4%)	90 (15.4%)	227 (38.9%)	84 (14.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.3%)	$9,488			$448			$9,040	91	91.5	325	9
481521007863	335	Denton Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	250 Natches Trace	Coppell	75019	Dallas County	Coppell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 496-8100	546	40	13.6	14.5%	97 (17.8%)	27 (4.9%)	142 (26.0%)	256 (46.9%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.3%)	$9,750			$544			$9,206	91	91.1	338	3
480006408059	336	Chaparral Star Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14046 Summit Dr	Austin	78728	Travis County	Chaparral Star Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 989-2672	360	23	15.3		134 (37.2%)	26 (7.2%)	77 (21.4%)	92 (25.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.1%)	$6,959			$08			$6,952	90.9	94.1	211	125
483600014193	337	Joyce Hall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Star Meadow Dr	Prosper	75078	Collin County	Prosper Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(469) 219-2000	957	60	15.9	4.0%	340 (35.5%)	94 (9.8%)	82 (8.6%)	384 (40.1%)	13 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.6%)								90.9			(n/a)
483870004307	338	Ft Concho Elementary	Public	K-5	310 E Washington Dr	San Angelo	76903	Tom Green County	San Angelo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 659-3654	467	27	17.6	43.3%	217 (46.5%)	7 (1.5%)	220 (47.1%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	$7,999			$509			$7,490	90.9	89	416	78
481119000581	339	Bess Brannen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	802 That Way St	Lake Jackson	77566	Brazoria County	Brazosport Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 730-7170	729	46	15.8	43.1%	369 (50.6%)	30 (4.1%)	283 (38.8%)	17 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.8%)	$9,678			$925			$8,753	90.9	81.7	698	359
480001008838	340	Elm Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	801 Fm 1626	Buda	78610	Hays County	Hays Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 268-8440	703	48	14.6	16.5%	410 (58.3%)	8 (1.1%)	246 (35.0%)	12 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.8%)	$9,285			$645			$8,640	90.9	93.1	264	76

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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