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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)
483176003535	811	Mount Pleasant High School	Public	9-12	2110 N Edwards Ave	Mount Pleasant	75455	Titus County	Mount Pleasant Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 575-2020	1,545	122	12.6	80.0%	264 (17.1%)	158 (10.2%)	1,080 (69.9%)	13 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (1.6%)	$10,550			$891			$9,659	55.2	55	795	16
480004108501	812	Advantage Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	955 Freetown Rd	Grand Prairie	75051	Dallas County	Advantage Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 276-5800	971	52	18.6	86.0%	94 (9.7%)	320 (33.0%)	525 (54.1%)	11 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.1%)	$8,087			$753			$7,334	55.1	27.9	1427	615
482103002096	813	Goliad High School	Public	9-12	749 Tiger Dr	Goliad	77963	Goliad County	Goliad Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 645-3257	430	34	12.7	40.7%	216 (50.2%)	16 (3.7%)	184 (42.8%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	$15,051			$1,504			$13,547	55.1	55	798	15
483873004350	814	Fox Technical High School	Public, Magnet, Charter	9-12	637 N Main Ave	San Antonio	78205	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 738-9730	482	29	16.4	86.3%	13 (2.7%)	25 (5.2%)	443 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$13,575			$3,276			$10,299	55.1	36.7	1246	432
480005513098	815	Life H S Waxahachie	Public, Charter	9-12	170 W Butcher Rd	Waxahachie	75165	Ellis County	Life School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 708-4444	1,102	59	18.8	54.5%	147 (13.3%)	494 (44.8%)	413 (37.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (4.0%)	$11,893			$882			$11,011	55.1	54	828	13
484668005307	816	Bel Air High School	Public	9-12	731 Yarbrough Dr	El Paso	79915	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-2000	1,876	118	15.8	80.9%	23 (1.2%)	8 (0.4%)	1,839 (98.0%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$9,941			$862			$9,078	55	48.8	956	140
482598002925	817	Krum High School	Public	9-12	700 A Bobcat Blvd	Krum	76249	Denton County	Krum Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 482-2601	754	53	14.3	32.1%	450 (59.7%)	27 (3.6%)	232 (30.8%)	12 (1.6%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.6%)	$10,182			$414			$9,767	54.9	52.2	877	60
481059000531	818	Blue Ridge High School	Public	9-12	11020 Cr 504	Blue Ridge	75424	Collin County	Blue Ridge Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 752-5554	296	26	11.2	56.8%	180 (60.8%)	1 (0.3%)	104 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$14,785			$823			$13,962	54.9	48.6	961	143
483318003732	819	Northwest High School	Public	9-12	2301 Texan Dr	Justin	76247	Denton County	Northwest Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 215-0200	2,549	143	17.7		1,275 (50.0%)	310 (12.2%)	794 (31.1%)	81 (3.2%)	10 (0.4%)	11 (0.4%)	68 (2.7%)	$10,812			$419			$10,393	54.8	56.7	745	74
481131000607	820	Bridge City High School	Public	9-12	2690 Texas Ave	Bridge City	77611	Orange County	Bridge City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 735-1600	942	63	14.9	37.5%	665 (70.6%)	13 (1.4%)	203 (21.5%)	29 (3.1%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (2.8%)	$9,874			$1,228			$8,646	54.8	53.8	835	15

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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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