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)
483822014015	2141	Harry Herndon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 N Blackland Rd	Royse City	75189	Rockwall County	Royse City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 721-8101	530	38	13.8	48.1%	198 (37.4%)	53 (10.0%)	248 (46.8%)	8 (1.5%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	$8,632			$634			$7,999	50.3	54.4	1918	223
481428000914	2142	G H Whitcomb Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	900 Reseda Dr	Houston	77062	Harris County	Clear Creek Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 284-4900	608	38	16	76.6%	179 (29.4%)	97 (16.0%)	267 (43.9%)	45 (7.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.8%)	$10,801			$895			$9,906	50.3	57.5	1728	414
482364002415	2143	Burrus Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	701 E 33rd St	Houston	77022	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 867-5180	216	23	9.5	94.9%	5 (2.3%)	145 (67.1%)	65 (30.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,762			$1,260			$10,501	50.2	10.7	4446	2303
481830002421	2144	Guerrero Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7530 Lakehurst Rd	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 231-2680	381	31	12.4	76.9%	23 (6.0%)	6 (1.6%)	340 (89.2%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$13,976			$2,689			$11,287	50.2	45.9	2415	271
480018608509	2145	Education Center International Academy 1	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	302 N Town E Blvd	Sunnyvale	75182	Dallas County	Education Center International Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 628-9152	175	8	22.3	76.6%	41 (23.4%)	48 (27.4%)	68 (38.9%)	7 (4.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.1%)	$10,830			$1,499			$9,332	50.2	56.1	1814	331
481818008286	2146	Betts Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2320 S Cesar Chavez Rd	Edinburg	78542	Anderson County	Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 289-2560	559	33	16.9	96.2%	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	550 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$11,074			$949			$10,125	50.2	45.6	2432	286
483714008361	2147	Alto Bonito Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	753 Fm 2360	Rio Grande City	78582	Starr County	Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 370-4238	584	38	15.2	99.8%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	583 (99.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,030			$1,908			$8,122	50.1	20.6	3968	1821
484668013212	2148	Thomas Manor	Public	PK, KG-5	7900 Jersey	El Paso	79915	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-7500	432	30	14.4	90.0%	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	420 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,933			$1,586			$9,347	50.1	61.4	1541	607
482364002389	2149	Ashford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1815 Shannon Vly Dr	Houston	77077	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 368-2120	534	43	12.4	85.2%	30 (5.6%)	273 (51.1%)	190 (35.6%)	23 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.0%)	$10,453			$1,291			$9,162	50.1	24.9	3704	1555
483432003854	2150	Teague Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	4200 Crenshaw Rd	Pasadena	77504	Harris County	Pasadena Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 740-0760	729	52	14	81.8%	66 (9.1%)	36 (4.9%)	559 (76.7%)	62 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	$10,193			$1,102			$9,090	50.1	44.6	2500	350

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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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