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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)
484458005084	901	Warren High School	Public	9-12	405 Fm 3290 S	Warren	77664	Tyler County	Warren Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 547-2243	348	29	11.9	46.6%	295 (84.8%)	3 (0.9%)	32 (9.2%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$12,063			$901			$11,162	51.4	59.8	681	220
483621004071	902	Queen City High School	Public	9-12	905 Houston St	Queen City	75572	Cass County	Queen City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 796-8259	292	33	8.8	54.5%	219 (75.0%)	38 (13.0%)	13 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.5%)	$13,825			$1,136			$12,689	51.4	64.2	584	318
483189003547	903	Muleshoe High School	Public	9-12	800 W 3rd	Muleshoe	79347	Bailey County	Muleshoe Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 272-7303	353	36	9.9	86.1%	45 (12.7%)	1 (0.3%)	302 (85.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$15,033			$714			$14,319	51.3	54.5	816	87
483903004457	904	San Saba High School	Public	9-12	808 W Wallace	San Saba	76877	San Saba County	San Saba Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 372-3786	213	22	9.5	68.1%	83 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (59.2%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$17,716			$1,382			$16,334	51.3	44.2	1077	173
484347004941	905	Tyler Legacy High School	Public	9-12	4500 Red Raider Dr	Tyler	75703	Smith County	Tyler Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 262-2625	2,647	187	14.1	56.6%	981 (37.1%)	673 (25.4%)	778 (29.4%)	86 (3.2%)	9 (0.3%)	1 (0.0%)	119 (4.5%)	$10,047			$1,069			$8,978	51.3	48.4	966	61
483873013447	906	Advanced Learning Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	621 W Euclid	San Antonio	78212	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 738-9763	1,071	68	15.6	51.0%	201 (18.8%)	45 (4.2%)	800 (74.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (1.9%)	$11,578			$1,999			$9,578	51.2	55	796	110
481168000643	907	Pace Early College High School	Public	9-12	314 W Los Ebanos Blvd	Brownsville	78520	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-7700	1,629	113	14.4	94.4%	12 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1,617 (99.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,618			$1,692			$9,926	51.2	44.4	1074	167
481623001206	908	W H Adamson High School	Public	9-12	309 E Ninth St	Dallas	75203	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-1400	1,398	99	14.1	97.9%	21 (1.5%)	27 (1.9%)	1,332 (95.3%)	5 (0.4%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	$10,775			$3,329			$7,446	51.1	33.1	1323	415
481164000639	909	Brownsboro High School	Public	9-12	13942 State Hwy 31 E	Brownsboro	75756	Henderson County	Brownsboro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 852-2321	775	63	12.2	48.8%	545 (70.3%)	49 (6.3%)	158 (20.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.3%)	$11,345			$1,641			$9,704	51.1	58	718	191
482364002512	910	Lamar High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	3325 Westheimer Rd	Houston	77098	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 522-5960	3,078	157	19.6	49.8%	657 (21.3%)	886 (28.8%)	1,248 (40.5%)	175 (5.7%)	10 (0.3%)	6 (0.2%)	96 (3.1%)	$9,423			$980			$8,443	51.1	47.5	997	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.