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)
481470000962	2561	Columbus Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1324 Bowie	Columbus	78934	Colorado County	Columbus Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 732-2078	786	56	14	67.2%	312 (39.7%)	81 (10.3%)	354 (45.0%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.6%)	29 (3.7%)	$9,551			$1,494			$8,057	43.9	33.3	3202	641
480028611410	2562	La Fe Preparatory School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	616 E Father Rahm Ave	El Paso	79901	El Paso County	La Fe Preparatory School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 533-3922	193	17	11.4	83.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	193 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,078			$2,228			$10,850	43.9	84.2	602	1960
482364002469	2563	Gregg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6701 Roxbury	Houston	77087	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 845-7432	370	34	10.8	100.0%	5 (1.4%)	51 (13.8%)	311 (84.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$11,223			$992			$10,231	43.9	27.4	3544	981
480016322910	2564	Founders Classical Academy-Online	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	1301 Waters Ridge	Lewisville	75057	Denton County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(972) 316-3663	173	14	12.2		72 (41.6%)	16 (9.2%)	52 (30.1%)	18 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.7%)								43.9	48.9	2244	320
484248004850	2565	Nash Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 E Burton St	Nash	75569	Bowie County	Texarkana Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 838-4321	656	41	15.8	89.3%	179 (27.3%)	205 (31.3%)	226 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.0%)	$8,180			$1,513			$6,667	43.8	41.9	2668	103
481773001541	2566	Dena Kelso Graves Elementary	Public	1-6	720 Kelso Dr	Eagle Pass	78852	Maverick County	Eagle Pass Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 758-7043	510	32	16	85.1%	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	499 (97.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,571			$2,582			$7,989	43.8	44	2534	32
481168000651	2567	El Jardin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6911 Boca Chica Blvd	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 831-6000	399	24	16.5	95.5%	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	391 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,317			$2,536			$11,782	43.8	41.4	2700	133
482658007601	2568	T L Pink Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Collins Rd	Richmond	77469	Fort Bend County	Lamar Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 223-2100	463	28	16.7	91.8%	15 (3.2%)	76 (16.4%)	365 (78.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	$12,573			$1,372			$11,201	43.8	28.2	3504	936
480870002041	2569	Williams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4915 Red Birch Dr	Arlington	76018	Tarrant County	Arlington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 867-5900	608	40	15.1	86.8%	67 (11.0%)	229 (37.7%)	260 (42.8%)	23 (3.8%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (3.9%)	$10,162			$965			$9,197	43.8	35.6	3059	490
483808011101	2570	Joe Lee Johnson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 Sauls Dr	Austin	78728	Travis County	Round Rock Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 704-1411	676	51	13.3	52.2%	180 (26.6%)	167 (24.7%)	238 (35.2%)	54 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.5%)	$9,117			$627			$8,490	43.8	40.8	2741	171

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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.