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)
482985008733	281	Roy Lee Walker Elementary	Public	K-5	4000 Cockrill Dr	McKinney	75072	Collin County	McKinney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 302-4600	398	27	14.6	16.1%	231 (58.0%)	27 (6.8%)	61 (15.3%)	43 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.0%)	$9,333			$677			$8,656	92.4	90.4	361	80
484110004676	282	Hunters Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10650 Beinhorn	Houston	77024	Harris County	Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(713) 251-6000	611	34	18	18.5%	361 (59.1%)	33 (5.4%)	121 (19.8%)	63 (10.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.1%)	$10,390			$761			$9,629	92.4	94.8	182	100
482874005895	283	Bear Branch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	8909 Fm 1488	Magnolia	77354	Montgomery County	Magnolia Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 356-4771	568	45	12.6	30.5%	386 (68.0%)	17 (3.0%)	116 (20.4%)	17 (3.0%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (4.8%)	$10,494			$808			$9,686	92.3	89.6	393	110
480789012806	284	Lois Lindsey Elementary	Public	K-6	5730 Wilford Dr	McKinney	75070	Collin County	Allen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 908-4007	820	49	16.8	15.4%	165 (20.1%)	92 (11.2%)	97 (11.8%)	397 (48.4%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (7.6%)	$8,221			$454			$7,767	92.3	96.2	126	158
481611012222	285	Swenke Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	22400 Fairfield Place Dr	Cypress	77433	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 213-1200	935	58	15.9	12.6%	560 (59.9%)	62 (6.6%)	185 (19.8%)	72 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (5.9%)	$8,928			$986			$7,943	92.3	94	219	66
483510010509	286	Hunt Elementary	Public	K-5	415 Oriole Dr	Murphy	75094	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 752-4400	518	37	14.1	15.3%	209 (40.3%)	47 (9.1%)	54 (10.4%)	180 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.4%)	$9,104			$224			$8,879	92.3	95.5	157	129
481965010672	287	Scanlan Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9000 Camp Sienna Trail	Missouri City	77459	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 634-3950	752	50	15	21.8%	315 (41.9%)	167 (22.2%)	147 (19.5%)	65 (8.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	52 (6.9%)	$9,586			$615			$8,971	92.3	78.5	824	537
481611021034	288	Hamilton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12050 Kluge	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 370-0990	1,034	69	15	26.5%	525 (50.8%)	100 (9.7%)	265 (25.6%)	77 (7.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (6.2%)	$8,859			$958			$7,901	92.3	90.7	348	60
482001010497	289	Isbell Elementary	Public	K-5	6000 Maltby Dr	Frisco	75035	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-3400	596	39	15.1	6.9%	125 (21.0%)	26 (4.4%)	37 (6.2%)	366 (61.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.7%)	$8,427			$378			$8,049	92.2	95	173	116
483510009170	290	Boggess Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	225 Glen Ridge Dr	Murphy	75094	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 752-4000	480	35	13.6	21.9%	167 (34.8%)	28 (5.8%)	64 (13.3%)	169 (35.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.2%)	$9,463			$670			$8,793	92.2	87	486	196

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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.
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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.