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)
482364012659	91	Mandarin Immersion Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	5445 W Alabama	Houston	77056	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(713) 295-5276	792	46	17.3	24.7%	100 (12.6%)	78 (9.8%)	137 (17.3%)	399 (50.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (9.6%)	$8,759			$712			$8,047	97.4	97	96	5
481305000801	92	McCoy Elementary	Public	K-5	2425 McCoy Rd	Carrollton	75006	Dallas County	Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 968-2300	432	32	13.4	27.8%	83 (19.2%)	37 (8.6%)	113 (26.2%)	159 (36.8%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	34 (7.9%)	$11,267			$1,231			$10,036	97.4	96.5	116	24
482517009614	93	Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	26100 Cinco Ranch Blvd	Katy	77494	Fort Bend County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 237-7600	1,033	74	14	20.0%	313 (30.3%)	41 (4.0%)	208 (20.1%)	397 (38.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (7.1%)	$9,535			$589			$8,946	97.4	97.2	89	4
484110004687	94	Rummel Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	625 Brittmoore	Houston	77079	Harris County	Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(713) 251-6700	810	49	16.5	5.9%	492 (60.7%)	6 (0.7%)	124 (15.3%)	133 (16.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.3%)	$9,708			$741			$8,967	97.3	97.9	62	32
481965013913	95	Sonal S Bhuchar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5503 Thompson Ferry Rd	Missouri City	77459	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 634-2000	703	40	17.4	19.5%	44 (6.3%)	80 (11.4%)	38 (5.4%)	495 (70.4%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (5.5%)								97.3			(n/a)
480003011476	96	Uplift Educatiion-North Hills Prep Pri	Public, Charter	K-5	606 E Royal Ln	Irving	75039	Dallas County	Uplift Education	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 501-0645	599	32	19	16.5%	27 (4.5%)	35 (5.8%)	55 (9.2%)	468 (78.1%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	$10,428			$487			$9,941	97.2	95.8	148	52
483808004257	97	Spicewood Elementary	Public	K-5	11601 Olson Dr	Austin	78750	Travis County	Round Rock Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 428-3600	681	47	14.5	7.8%	293 (43.0%)	5 (0.7%)	77 (11.3%)	237 (34.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (9.8%)	$7,940			$339			$7,601	97.2	93.5	244	147
483510006465	98	Mathews Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7500 Marchman Way	Plano	75025	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 752-2300	466	34	13.8	14.8%	195 (41.8%)	39 (8.4%)	38 (8.2%)	166 (35.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.4%)	$10,683			$592			$10,091	97.2	94.3	197	99
483064006886	99	South Bosque Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Wickson Rd	Waco	76712	McLennan County	Midway Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 761-5720	564	37	15.2	16.3%	379 (67.2%)	32 (5.7%)	87 (15.4%)	33 (5.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.5%)	$8,127			$604			$7,522	97.2	98.1	60	39
482526007727	100	Willis Lane Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1620 Willis Ln	Keller	76248	Tarrant County	Keller Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 744-5700	516	36	14.3	15.7%	340 (65.9%)	14 (2.7%)	103 (20.0%)	29 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.8%)	$9,812			$975			$8,838	97.1	96.2	128	28

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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.