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)
482970003348	4141	McCamey Pri	Public	PK, KG-4	400 E 11th St	McCamey	79752	Upton County	McCamey Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 652-3666	206	11	18.2	66.5%	31 (15.0%)	2 (1.0%)	169 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$13,938			$2,521			$11,417	17.9	18.7	4083	58
481623008184	4142	Esperanza Medrano Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2221 Lucas Dr	Dallas	75219	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-3300	357	28	12.7	93.3%	3 (0.8%)	80 (22.4%)	258 (72.3%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$14,412			$1,686			$12,726	17.8	19.7	4022	120
480003012647	4143	Uplift Heights Preparatory Pri	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2202 Calypso St	Dallas	75212	Dallas County	Uplift Education	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 873-9700	943	46	20.6	91.8%	9 (1.0%)	215 (22.8%)	693 (73.5%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.9%)	$8,306			$1,071			$7,235	17.8	9.6	4474	331
480009222967	4144	Trinity Basin Preparatory Hpa South	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	7421 Crowley Rd	Fort Worth	76134	Tarrant County	Trinity Basin Preparatory	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(817) 600-6269	435	28	15.5	70.1%	82 (18.9%)	160 (36.8%)	169 (38.9%)	10 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.8%)								17.8			(n/a)
481540001115	4145	Encinal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	503 Encinal Blvd	Encinal	78019	La Salle County	Cotulla Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 948-5324	75	9	8.1	93.3%	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,699			$2,832			$17,867	17.7	34.9	3099	1046
483873004391	4146	Rogers Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	620 McIlvaine	San Antonio	78212	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 738-9825	716	44	16.4	93.3%	16 (2.2%)	12 (1.7%)	684 (95.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$9,775			$1,883			$7,892	17.7	13.7	4335	189
482916003286	4147	Crockett Elementary	Public	K-5	700 Jasper	Marshall	75672	Harrison County	Marshall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 927-8880	565	33	16.9	82.1%	138 (24.4%)	164 (29.0%)	227 (40.2%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.0%)	$9,298			$1,816			$7,483	17.7	24	3767	380
480020914246	4148	Southside Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	5515 S Loop E Ste B	Houston	77033	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 924-5300	606	40	15	95.7%	10 (1.7%)	331 (54.6%)	245 (40.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.6%)								17.7			(n/a)
482649009386	4149	Marine Creek Leadership Academy	Public	1-5	4801 Huffines Blvd	Fort Worth	76135	Tarrant County	Lake Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 306-4270	349	26	13.1	84.8%	59 (16.9%)	132 (37.8%)	105 (30.1%)	19 (5.4%)	8 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.2%)	$13,456			$4,925			$8,531	17.7	11.4	4414	265
480870005644	4150	Miller Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6401 W Pleasant Rdg Rd	Arlington	76016	Tarrant County	Arlington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 867-8400	538	37	14.5	75.8%	153 (28.4%)	187 (34.8%)	145 (27.0%)	22 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.6%)	$9,610			$738			$8,872	17.6	22.6	3851	299

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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.