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)
483104003494	2751	Castro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 S Mayberry	Mission	78572	Hidalgo County	Mission Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 323-6800	336	22	14.9	92.3%	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	330 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,392			$1,143			$11,249	41	44.8	2480	271
482307021284	2752	Hico Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9th And Cherry St	Hico	76457	Hamilton County	Hico Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 796-2183	314	23	13.7	51.3%	239 (76.1%)	3 (1.0%)	65 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$11,034			$1,409			$9,625	41	64	1425	1327
483822014011	2753	Ruth Cherry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Fm 1777	Royse City	75189	Rockwall County	Royse City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 636-3301	846	55	15.4	47.4%	365 (43.1%)	157 (18.6%)	273 (32.3%)	17 (2.0%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	27 (3.2%)	$9,895			$701			$9,194	41	40.7	2749	4
483873004324	2754	Baskin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	630 Crestview Dr	San Antonio	78201	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 438-6535	268	17	15.4	83.2%	12 (4.5%)	27 (10.1%)	220 (82.1%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$12,027			$2,327			$9,700	41	55.3	1864	890
481467009140	2755	Barrow Elementary	Public	1-5	112 Gaines	Brazoria	77422	Brazoria County	Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 799-1700	378	29	13	76.2%	212 (56.1%)	26 (6.9%)	129 (34.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.1%)	$10,178			$1,530			$8,647	41	40.4	2762	7
482550006280	2756	James F Delaney Elementary	Public	1-5	180 W Kennedale Pkwy	Kennedale	76060	Tarrant County	Kennedale Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 563-8400	510	39	13.1	66.7%	171 (33.5%)	118 (23.1%)	179 (35.1%)	18 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$10,425			$842			$9,584	41	35	3093	337
481168000660	2757	Perez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2514 Shidler Dr	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 982-2800	618	41	15.1	95.6%	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	609 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,533			$1,616			$9,917	40.9	39.9	2802	45
483492008199	2758	Pilot Point Elementary	Public	1-5	501 E Carroll St	Pilot Point	76258	Denton County	Pilot Point Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 686-8720	547	42	13	57.0%	215 (39.3%)	13 (2.4%)	285 (52.1%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (4.9%)	$9,943			$536			$9,406	40.9	30.9	3338	580
480840000210	2759	Anson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	922 Ave M	Anson	79501	Jones County	Anson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 823-3361	366	32	11.5	69.7%	158 (43.2%)	0 (0.0%)	187 (51.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (4.4%)	$9,714			$1,760			$7,954	40.9	45.5	2442	317
484071007598	2760	Elfida Chavez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11720 Pebble Hills	El Paso	79936	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-8300	651	30	21.7	84.5%	22 (3.4%)	7 (1.1%)	617 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$8,924			$1,174			$7,750	40.9	52	2056	704

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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.