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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)
482859003239	1461	Luling High School	Public	9-12	218 E Travis	Luling	78648	Caldwell County	Luling Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 875-2458	407	35	11.6	73.2%	95 (23.3%)	22 (5.4%)	285 (70.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$9,948			$654			$9,294	27.4	36.3	1255	206
482391002646	1462	Humble High School	Public	9-12	1700 Wilson Rd	Humble	77338	Harris County	Humble Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 641-6300	2,867	182	15.7	76.7%	108 (3.8%)	1,052 (36.7%)	1,598 (55.7%)	28 (1.0%)	4 (0.1%)	24 (0.8%)	53 (1.8%)	$9,961			$422			$9,539	27.4	24.1	1511	49
481830001661	1463	Andress High School	Public	9-12	5400 Sun Valley Dr	El Paso	79924	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-4000	1,530	96	15.9	83.3%	116 (7.6%)	118 (7.7%)	1,248 (81.6%)	7 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	6 (0.4%)	32 (2.1%)	$10,327			$1,205			$9,122	27.3	31.2	1364	99
480140913213	1464	Texas Leadership Of Abilene	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1840 N 8th St	Abilene	79603	Taylor County	Texas Leadership Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 480-3500	727	51	14.2	66.6%	292 (40.2%)	33 (4.5%)	356 (49.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.8%)	$10,107			$928			$9,179	27.3	29.5	1397	67
481158000630	1465	Falfurrias High School	Public	9-12	100 W Jersey Dr	Falfurrias	78355	Brooks County	Brooks County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 325-8000	401	29	13.8	92.5%	10 (2.5%)	2 (0.5%)	389 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,826			$2,340			$14,486	27.3	21.4	1572	107
482865003246	1466	Lytle High School	Public	9-12	18975 W Fm 2790 S	Lytle	78052	Atascosa County	Lytle Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 709-5105	487	38	12.6	72.9%	72 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	409 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$14,095			$1,220			$12,875	27.3	33.3	1317	149
480780000092	1467	Alice High School	Public	9-12	1 Coyote Trl	Alice	78332	Jim Wells County	Alice Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 664-0126	1,290	92	14	77.0%	66 (5.1%)	11 (0.9%)	1,203 (93.3%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	$12,060			$2,071			$9,990	27.2	22.8	1544	77
483057003445	1468	Legacy High School	Public	9-12	3500 Neely Ave	Midland	79707	Midland County	Midland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 689-1600	2,504	133	18.7	41.0%	598 (23.9%)	204 (8.1%)	1,584 (63.3%)	55 (2.2%)	9 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	52 (2.1%)	$9,240			$651			$8,589	27.2	26.4	1461	7
482403002658	1469	Huntsville High School	Public	9-12	650 F M 2821 E	Huntsville	77320	Walker County	Huntsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 435-6100	1,797	130	13.8	67.7%	616 (34.3%)	446 (24.8%)	668 (37.2%)	21 (1.2%)	7 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	36 (2.0%)	$11,280			$2,520			$8,760	27.2	23.9	1519	50
481317000817	1470	Castleberry High School	Public	8-12	215 Churchill Rd	Fort Worth	76114	Tarrant County	Castleberry Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 252-2100	1,042	74	14	84.7%	124 (11.9%)	26 (2.5%)	874 (83.9%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.3%)	$10,945			$657			$10,288	27.1	26.7	1454	16

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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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