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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)
480735000001	531	A & M Cons High School	Public	9-12	1801 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy S	College Station	77840	Brazos County	College Station Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 764-5500	2,139	132	16.1	32.4%	1,131 (52.9%)	318 (14.9%)	501 (23.4%)	102 (4.8%)	6 (0.3%)	7 (0.3%)	74 (3.5%)	$9,908			$930			$8,978	65.9	66.7	511	20
483471003896	532	Petrolia Junior High/High School	Public	7-12	8307 Fm 810	Petrolia	76377	Clay County	Petrolia Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 524-3264	206	21	9.7	59.7%	172 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	$15,209			$601			$14,607	65.9	52.8	854	322
482070002078	533	Gilmer High School	Public	9-12	850 Buffalo	Gilmer	75644	Upshur County	Gilmer Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 841-7500	815	63	13	73.0%	477 (58.5%)	83 (10.2%)	189 (23.2%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.1%)	$15,062			$2,251			$12,811	65.9	64.1	587	54
482526011897	534	Timber Creek High School	Public	9-12	12350 Timberland Blvd	Fort Worth	76244	Tarrant County	Keller Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 744-2300	3,140	202	15.5	25.8%	1,575 (50.2%)	387 (12.3%)	762 (24.3%)	203 (6.5%)	19 (0.6%)	9 (0.3%)	185 (5.9%)	$8,928			$686			$8,242	65.9	71.4	392	142
484365004962	535	United High School	Public	9-12	2811 United Ave	Laredo	78045	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 473-5600	3,644	225	16.2	61.6%	37 (1.0%)	6 (0.2%)	3,584 (98.4%)	12 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	$9,657			$1,285			$8,371	65.8	62	639	104
481965001818	536	Dulles High School	Public	9-12	550 Dulles Ave	Sugar Land	77478	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 634-5600	2,364	135	17.5	45.1%	315 (13.3%)	536 (22.7%)	471 (19.9%)	952 (40.3%)	11 (0.5%)	3 (0.1%)	76 (3.2%)	$9,050			$753			$8,297	65.8	64.6	569	33
484185004773	537	Sundown High School	Public	9-12	605 S School St	Sundown	79372	Hockley County	Sundown Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(806) 602-8823	181	21	8.5	48.1%	72 (39.8%)	1 (0.6%)	105 (58.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$18,524			$624			$17,900	65.7	71.3	397	140
483450003873	538	Peaster High School	Public	9-12	3600 Harwell Lk Rd	Weatherford	76088	Parker County	Peaster Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 341-2000	506	41	12.3	23.1%	417 (82.4%)	2 (0.4%)	68 (13.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.8%)	$13,472			$988			$12,484	65.7	69.5	440	98
482055002065	539	George West High School	Public	9-12	1013 Houston St	George West	78022	Live Oak County	George West Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 449-1914	280	28	9.8	57.5%	114 (40.7%)	1 (0.4%)	161 (57.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$12,000			$1,854			$10,146	65.7	57.8	720	181
483948004488	540	Samuel Clemens High School	Public	9-12	1001 Elbel Rd	Schertz	78154	Guadalupe County	Schertz-Cibolo-U City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 945-6501	2,544	145	17.5	29.8%	825 (32.4%)	271 (10.7%)	1,218 (47.9%)	61 (2.4%)	10 (0.4%)	5 (0.2%)	154 (6.1%)	$7,943			$563			$7,380	65.6	66.6	516	24

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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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