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)
482253002289	2951	Travis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 E Polk Ave	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3170	301	21	14.2	91.4%	6 (2.0%)	2 (0.7%)	292 (97.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,465			$3,477			$7,988	37.6	23.8	3781	830
484496012496	2952	Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1800 E Mile 10 N	Weslaco	78596	Hidalgo County	Weslaco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 969-6587	495	30	16.2	90.7%	10 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	483 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,181			$1,519			$10,661	37.6	52.3	2045	907
481611006236	2953	Jowell Elementary	Public	3-5	6355 Greenhouse Rd	Katy	77449	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5966	575	43	13.3	85.2%	42 (7.3%)	155 (27.0%)	349 (60.7%)	9 (1.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	$10,666			$1,503			$9,163	37.6	31.5	3300	347
481773005698	2954	Seco Mines Elementary	Public	1-6	2900 Diaz	Eagle Pass	78852	Maverick County	Eagle Pass Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 758-7073	341	19	17.9	90.9%	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	339 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,858			$2,591			$8,267	37.6	37.6	2949	5
482499010447	2955	Ricardo Salinas Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10560 Old Cimmaron Trl	Universal City	78148	Bexar County	Judson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 659-5045	694	46	14.9	67.9%	128 (18.4%)	144 (20.7%)	368 (53.0%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.9%)	$8,896			$1,114			$7,782	37.6	37.2	2971	16
481881001756	2956	Bishop Elementary	Public	1-5	501 Vaughn St	Everman	76140	Tarrant County	Everman Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 568-3575	368	28	13.1	91.3%	16 (4.3%)	87 (23.6%)	257 (69.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$12,255			$1,258			$10,997	37.6	35.2	3080	124
480813000177	2957	Sanborn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	700 S Roberts	Amarillo	79102	Potter County	Amarillo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 326-5250	394	29	13.5	93.7%	20 (5.1%)	16 (4.1%)	352 (89.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$11,513			$1,932			$9,581	37.5	36.9	2983	26
484110007647	2958	Buffalo Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2801 Blalock Rd	Houston	77080	Harris County	Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 251-5300	412	30	13.7	95.1%	12 (2.9%)	8 (1.9%)	375 (91.0%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$13,009			$1,587			$11,422	37.5	42.4	2637	321
483702004143	2959	Northlake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	10059 Ravensway Dr	Dallas	75238	Dallas County	Richardson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 593-2300	631	40	15.6	70.2%	101 (16.0%)	199 (31.5%)	297 (47.1%)	19 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$10,696			$1,566			$9,130	37.5	46.1	2412	547
483219003569	2960	John C Webb Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1605 Neal St	Navasota	77868	Grimes County	Navasota Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 825-1120	606	38	16	82.5%	136 (22.4%)	140 (23.1%)	315 (52.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	10 (1.7%)	$11,839			$2,440			$9,399	37.5	31.1	3326	366

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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.