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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)
482760003102	711	Lingleville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	21261 N Fm 219	Lingleville	76461	Erath County	Lingleville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 968-2596	274	24	11.6	48.9%	146 (53.3%)	1 (0.4%)	121 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$13,016			$1,470			$11,546	59	72	380	331
482982003354	712	McGregor High School	Public	9-12	903 Bluebonnet Pkwy	McGregor	76657	McLennan County	McGregor Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 840-2853	427	40	10.6	50.6%	178 (41.7%)	19 (4.4%)	219 (51.3%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$12,491			$1,295			$11,196	59	56.6	747	35
482754003097	713	Linden-Kildare High School	Public	9-12	2913 Farm Rd 125 S	Linden	75563	Cass County	Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 756-5314	180	24	7.6	55.6%	127 (70.6%)	19 (10.6%)	18 (10.0%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.7%)	$14,358			$779			$13,579	58.9	60.7	661	52
480852000218	714	Aquilla School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	404 N Richards	Aquilla	76622	Hill County	Aquilla Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 694-3770	321	27	11.7	44.5%	260 (81.0%)	4 (1.2%)	46 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	$12,876			$970			$11,906	58.9	63.3	606	108
482946003317	715	Maud School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	389 Houston Dr	Maud	75567	Bowie County	Maud Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 585-2219	456	40	11.3	59.4%	362 (79.4%)	24 (5.3%)	33 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (7.2%)	$11,830			$1,317			$10,513	58.9	51.9	880	165
481629001393	716	Danbury High School	Public	9-12	5611 Panther Dr	Danbury	77534	Brazoria County	Danbury Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 922-1226	228	22	10.2	40.8%	163 (71.5%)	1 (0.4%)	54 (23.7%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$13,416			$667			$12,749	58.9	50.5	920	204
481812001634	717	Edgewood High School	Public	9-12	804 E Pine	Edgewood	75117	Van Zandt County	Edgewood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 896-4332	299	32	9.2	46.5%	240 (80.3%)	15 (5.0%)	35 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.7%)	$12,069			$717			$11,352	58.9	63.2	612	105
482925003305	718	Martinsville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	12952 St Hwy 7 E	Martinsville	75961	Nacogdoches County	Martinsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 564-3455	317	34	9.2	65.0%	212 (66.9%)	6 (1.9%)	80 (25.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.7%)	$11,892			$1,389			$10,503	58.6	66.7	513	205
483696008005	719	Rice High School	Public	9-12	1400 SW McKinney St	Rice	75155	Navarro County	Rice Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 326-4502	328	25	13.1	79.0%	78 (23.8%)	12 (3.7%)	228 (69.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.7%)	$13,118			$624			$12,494	58.5	55.1	792	73
484071007276	720	Americas High School	Public	9-12	12101 Pellicano	El Paso	79936	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-2800	2,188	96	22.9	63.5%	77 (3.5%)	43 (2.0%)	2,041 (93.3%)	7 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	14 (0.6%)	$9,433			$1,221			$8,211	58.5	54.7	807	87

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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.