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)
483039006583	2961	Cannaday Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2701 Chisolm Tr	Mesquite	75150	Dallas County	Mesquite Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 882-5060	552	42	13.1	89.7%	56 (10.1%)	165 (29.9%)	300 (54.3%)	13 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	$9,178			$889			$8,289	37.5	31.7	3289	328
481956010870	2962	Crosby Elementary	Public	K-4	495 Diamond Creek Dr	Forney	75126	Kaufman County	Forney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 762-4315	480	35	13.6	60.8%	95 (19.8%)	239 (49.8%)	103 (21.5%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.0%)	$7,883			$733			$7,150	37.5	24.3	3750	788
481251000753	2963	Callisburg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	648 Fm 3164	Gainesville	76240	Cooke County	Callisburg Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 612-4196	556	36	15.3	53.4%	415 (74.6%)	6 (1.1%)	110 (19.8%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.4%)	$8,373			$964			$7,408	37.4	46.1	2414	549
480016313959	2964	El Paso Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8960 Escobar Dr	El Paso	79907	El Paso County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	263	21	12.4	76.8%	8 (3.0%)	6 (2.3%)	248 (94.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,777			$408			$10,369	37.4	48	2294	670
481527001063	2965	Houston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	363 Norton St	Corpus Christi	78415	Nueces County	Corpus Christi Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 878-2520	329	23	14.3	94.8%	14 (4.3%)	12 (3.6%)	300 (91.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$12,409			$1,862			$10,547	37.4	33	3216	251
481623007569	2966	Eduardo Mata Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-8	7420 La Vista	Dallas	75214	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-7500	736	53	14	65.1%	121 (16.4%)	48 (6.5%)	543 (73.8%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.9%)	$12,795			$1,202			$11,593	37.4	54.9	1891	1075
481431000922	2967	Irving Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	345 Hix Rd	Cleburne	76031	Johnson County	Cleburne Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 202-2100	392	34	11.4	75.0%	120 (30.6%)	20 (5.1%)	226 (57.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)	19 (4.8%)	$11,485			$1,919			$9,566	37.4	30.5	3374	407
482253006115	2968	Long Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2601 N 7th	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3140	513	34	14.9	83.0%	16 (3.1%)	3 (0.6%)	493 (96.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,235			$2,112			$8,123	37.4	32.9	3222	254
482013010851	2969	Benito Martinez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	100 School Dr	Fort Hancock	79839	Hudspeth County	Ft Hancock Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 769-3913	210	15	14	87.6%	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	206 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$12,897			$1,062			$11,835	37.3	36.2	3024	55
482142002149	2970	Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2102 N Carrier Pkwy	Grand Prairie	75050	Dallas County	Grand Prairie Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 262-3717	575	34	16.7	84.0%	51 (8.9%)	63 (11.0%)	436 (75.8%)	7 (1.2%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	$8,988			$1,241			$7,748	37.3	54.4	1922	1048

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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.