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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)
480013311872	1631	Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito	Public, Charter	9-12	1785 W Business Hwy 77	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 276-9930	107	6	18.2		2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	105 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,654			$1,877			$7,778	19.4	27.3	1438	193
482679003023	1632	Martin High School	Public	9-12	2002 San Bernardo Ave	Laredo	78040	Webb County	Laredo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 273-7100	1,978	145	13.6	99.5%	12 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1,966 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,198			$1,443			$9,755	19.2	10.2	1748	116
483873004330	1633	Burbank High School	Public, Magnet, Charter	9-12	1002 Edwards St	San Antonio	78204	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 228-1210	1,314	92	14.2	90.6%	12 (0.9%)	10 (0.8%)	1,289 (98.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$12,259			$1,884			$10,375	19.1	9.8	1756	123
482442002726	1634	Irving High School	Public	9-12	900 N O Connor Rd	Irving	75061	Dallas County	Irving Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 600-6300	2,535	155	16.3	81.5%	190 (7.5%)	154 (6.1%)	2,000 (78.9%)	39 (1.5%)	135 (5.3%)	3 (0.1%)	14 (0.6%)	$10,355			$1,071			$9,284	19.1	22.9	1543	91
480771000076	1635	MacArthur High School	Public	9-12	4400 Aldine Mail Rt	Houston	77039	Harris County	Aldine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 985-6330	3,573	198	18	91.7%	60 (1.7%)	158 (4.4%)	3,330 (93.2%)	4 (0.1%)	13 (0.4%)	1 (0.0%)	7 (0.2%)	$9,794			$1,979			$7,814	19	13.5	1696	61
484134004734	1636	Spurger High School	Public	7-12	12212 Fm 92 S	Spurger	77660	Tyler County	Spurger Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 429-3464	149	21	6.9	65.8%	134 (89.9%)	1 (0.7%)	11 (7.4%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$13,827			$1,174			$12,653	19	33.4	1313	323
483876004414	1637	San Augustine High School	Public	6-12	702 N Clark St	San Augustine	75972	San Augustine County	San Augustine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 275-9603	336	35	9.4	77.7%	43 (12.8%)	192 (57.1%)	88 (26.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$16,276			$3,195			$13,080	18.9	24.4	1506	131
480020708282	1638	Premier H S Of Weslaco	Public, Charter	9-12	2419 Haggar Ave	Weslaco	78596	Hidalgo County	Premier High Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 781-8800	146	6	25.7	93.8%	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	145 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,684			$1,222			$6,462	18.9	18.6	1616	22
482865008422	1639	Lytle Daep	Public	7-12	15437 Cottage St	Lytle	78052	Atascosa County	Lytle Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 709-5130	12			75.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)	$38,112			$589			$37,523	18.4			(n/a)
484372004971	1640	Uvalde High School	Public	9-12	1 Coyote Trl	Uvalde	78801	Uvalde County	Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 591-2950	1,242	87	14.3	71.5%	113 (9.1%)	5 (0.4%)	1,113 (89.6%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	$12,329			$1,987			$10,342	18.3	22.2	1560	80

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.