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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)
483243003601	571	New Deal High School	Public	9-12	209 S Auburn Ave	New Deal	79350	Lubbock County	New Deal Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(806) 746-5933	244	22	11.1	68.4%	104 (42.6%)	7 (2.9%)	123 (50.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.7%)	$14,443			$1,344			$13,099	64.3	67	503	68
480005808056	572	Nyos Lamar Secondary	Public, Charter	6-12	12301 N Lamar Blvd	Austin	78753	Travis County	Nyos Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 583-6967	293	33	8.9	30.0%	115 (39.2%)	40 (13.7%)	99 (33.8%)	21 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.1%)	$11,131			$1,948			$9,183	64.2	72.4	365	207
482199002215	573	Gustine School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	503 W Main St	Gustine	76455	Comanche County	Gustine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 667-7303	141	19	7.6	75.2%	52 (36.9%)	1 (0.7%)	87 (61.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,866			$2,765			$14,102	64.2	63.1	613	40
481950001806	574	Follett School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	205 E Ivanhoe	Follett	79034	Lipscomb County	Follett Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 653-2301	184	18	10.1	54.9%	119 (64.7%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (31.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	$12,402			$1,039			$11,364	64.2	55.9	773	199
481035000517	575	Bland High School	Public	9-12	6164 F M 2194	Farmersville	75442	Collin County	Bland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 776-2239	217	19	11.4	53.5%	100 (46.1%)	2 (0.9%)	108 (49.8%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$12,812			$1,874			$10,939	64.1	62	638	63
483702004148	576	Pearce High School	Public	9-12	1600 N Coit Rd	Richardson	75080	Dallas County	Richardson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 593-5000	2,443	165	14.8	37.4%	1,047 (42.9%)	129 (5.3%)	1,134 (46.4%)	59 (2.4%)	6 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	66 (2.7%)	$9,460			$518			$8,942	64.1	57.3	732	156
481281014308	577	West Plains High School	Public	9-12	10576 Arden Rd	Amarillo	79109	Randall County	Canyon Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 510-2600	910	67	13.6	31.2%	546 (60.0%)	33 (3.6%)	293 (32.2%)	16 (1.8%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (1.9%)								64			(n/a)
480747000040	578	Academy High School	Public	9-12	602 E Main St	Little River Academy	76554	Bell County	Academy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 982-4201	530	39	13.4	33.6%	341 (64.3%)	31 (5.8%)	131 (24.7%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	16 (3.0%)	$10,123			$697			$9,425	64	52.9	849	271
480969000437	579	Beckville Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	1 Bearcat Dr	Beckville	75631	Panola County	Beckville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 678-3591	343	40	8.6	36.4%	280 (81.6%)	23 (6.7%)	32 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	$12,991			$724			$12,267	64	68.9	454	125
480026613428	580	Harmony School Of Excellence - Laredo	Public, Charter	9-12	4401 San Francisco Ave Bld B	Laredo	78041	Webb County	Harmony Public Schools - South Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 791-0007	637	45	14.1	86.0%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	635 (99.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,734			$938			$8,796	63.9	50.3	922	342

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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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