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)
481818007353	2401	John F Kennedy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8610 Tex Mex	Edinburg	78539	Hidalgo County	Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 289-2390	515	34	15.3	94.4%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	514 (99.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,841			$1,048			$10,793	46.3	52.2	2051	350
483486004738	2402	Arnoldo Cantu Senior Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 N R Longoria	San Juan	78589	Hidalgo County	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 354-2850	612	35	17.2	92.2%	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	606 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,317			$2,441			$8,876	46.3	56.2	1809	593
481970008914	2403	Alice D Contreras	Public	PK, KG-5	4100 Lubbock Ave	Fort Worth	76115	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-7800	459	33	13.9	93.0%	11 (2.4%)	10 (2.2%)	432 (94.1%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,193			$1,891			$8,301	46.3	42.4	2641	238
482613007655	2404	Narciso Cavazos	Public	PK, KG-5	4563 Minnesota Rd	Mission	78574	Hidalgo County	La Joya Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 323-2430	476	28	16.9	97.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	476 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,205			$1,510			$10,695	46.2	56.4	1800	604
481970001882	2405	Meadowbrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4330 Meadowbrook Dr	Fort Worth	76103	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 815-4900	443	30	14.9	91.2%	24 (5.4%)	32 (7.2%)	376 (84.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$10,612			$1,647			$8,965	46.2	40.3	2769	364
480813000156	2406	Forest Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3515 Amarillo Blvd E	Amarillo	79107	Potter County	Amarillo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 326-4400	476	33	14.2	96.0%	48 (10.1%)	22 (4.6%)	387 (81.3%)	10 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	$11,840			$1,913			$9,927	46.2	50.2	2164	242
483312012332	2407	Behlau Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2355 Camp Light Way	San Antonio	78245	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 398-1000	615	40	15.3	44.9%	70 (11.4%)	56 (9.1%)	431 (70.1%)	19 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	29 (4.7%)	$9,200			$679			$8,521	46.2	41.2	2715	308
480142113511	2408	Newman International Academy Watauga	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	7200 Denton Hwy	Watauga	76148	Tarrant County	Newman International Academy Of Arlington	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 214-2085	131	7	17.6	64.9%	60 (45.8%)	39 (29.8%)	3 (2.3%)	10 (7.6%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (12.2%)	$18,713			$1,752			$16,962	46.2			(n/a)
483318011993	2409	O A Peterson	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 Winter Hawk Dr	Fort Worth	76177	Tarrant County	Northwest Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 698-5000	670	47	14.2	41.5%	250 (37.3%)	126 (18.8%)	191 (28.5%)	68 (10.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	29 (4.3%)	$8,992			$491			$8,501	46.2	47.1	2345	64
482940003313	2410	Mathis Intermediate	Public	3-5	410 E San Patricio Ave	Mathis	78368	San Patricio County	Mathis Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 547-2472	303	22	14	84.2%	44 (14.5%)	3 (1.0%)	252 (83.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$12,901			$2,167			$10,735	46.2	47.2	2335	75

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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.