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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)
480007108383	991	Settlement Home	Public, Charter	8-12	1600 Payton Gin Rd	Austin	78758	Travis County	University Of Texas University Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 751-4534	25	4	6.2		6 (24.0%)	5 (20.0%)	13 (52.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)	$16,877			$2,546			$14,331	47.6	30.4	1381	390
482967003339	992	McAllen High School	Public	9-12	2021 La Vista Ave	McAllen	78501	Hidalgo County	McAllen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 632-3100	2,152	180	11.9	64.5%	129 (6.0%)	11 (0.5%)	1,985 (92.2%)	16 (0.7%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (0.5%)	$11,103			$1,013			$10,089	47.6	50.6	917	75
482145002166	993	Grand Saline High School	Public	9-12	500 Stadium Dr	Grand Saline	75140	Van Zandt County	Grand Saline Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 962-7533	337	29	11.7	55.8%	222 (65.9%)	3 (0.9%)	101 (30.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$14,018			$2,423			$11,595	47.5	52.3	875	118
480021113237	994	Idea North Mission College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-12	2706 N Holland Ave	Mission	78574	Hidalgo County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 424-4300	735	48	15.2	94.4%	15 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	715 (97.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$11,018			$1,298			$9,721	47.5	44.6	1072	78
483294003647	995	Madison High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	5005 Stahl Rd	San Antonio	78247	Bexar County	North East Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(210) 356-1400	2,703	174	15.5	48.2%	575 (21.3%)	207 (7.7%)	1,771 (65.5%)	57 (2.1%)	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	85 (3.1%)	$8,294			$496			$7,798	47.4	46.6	1020	25
482031002007	996	Ganado High School	Public	9-12	501 W Devers	Ganado	77962	Jackson County	Ganado Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 771-4300	216	21	10.3	59.3%	84 (38.9%)	5 (2.3%)	123 (56.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$13,255			$724			$12,531	47.4	39	1197	201
483429003815	997	Paris High School	Public	9-12	2255 S Collegiate	Paris	75460	Lamar County	Paris Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 737-7400	959	72	13.2	70.3%	285 (29.7%)	317 (33.1%)	255 (26.6%)	9 (0.9%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	85 (8.9%)	$10,517			$1,303			$9,213	47.4	49.5	940	57
483534003994	998	Poolville High School	Public	9-12	1001 Lone Star Rd	Poolville	76487	Parker County	Poolville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 594-4452	177	21	8.5	44.6%	117 (66.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (29.4%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	$16,749			$581			$16,168	47.2	51.5	889	109
481458000948	999	Collinsville High School	Public	6-12	202 Broadway	Collinsville	76233	Grayson County	Collinsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 429-6164	281	28	9.9	49.5%	201 (71.5%)	3 (1.1%)	65 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$13,499			$850			$12,648	47.2	69.7	433	566
482520002816	1000	Kaufman High School	Public	9-12	3205 S Houston St	Kaufman	75142	Kaufman County	Kaufman Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 932-2811	1,321	88	15	67.9%	469 (35.5%)	58 (4.4%)	750 (56.8%)	4 (0.3%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (2.3%)	$10,312			$994			$9,318	47.1	59.4	689	311

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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.