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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)
480003012012	1331	Uplift Williams Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1750 Viceroy Dr	Dallas	75235	Dallas County	Uplift Education	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 276-0352	594	39	15.2	89.9%	6 (1.0%)	12 (2.0%)	574 (96.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,390			$622			$9,768	33.7	39.3	1188	143
484668005347	1332	Ysleta High School	Public	9-12	8600 Alameda Ave	El Paso	79907	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-8000	1,342	93	14.4	89.8%	6 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1,331 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,080			$886			$9,194	33.7	37.6	1229	103
483975007288	1333	Seminole Success Center	Public	9-12	206 SW 3rd	Seminole	79360	Gaines County	Seminole Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 758-2772	49	5	10	34.7%	20 (40.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (53.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	2 (4.1%)	$18,544			$442			$18,102	33.6	12.7	1709	376
480017108398	1334	Ranch Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	3120 Vzcr 2318	Canton	75103	Van Zandt County	Ranch Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 939-8000	93	5	19	67.7%	69 (74.2%)	1 (1.1%)	17 (18.3%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)	$15,018			$4,601			$10,417	33.5	26.3	1466	132
480020708337	1335	Premier H S Of Midland	Public, Charter	9-12	4200 W Illinois Ave Ste 140 A	Midland	79703	Midland County	Premier High Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 682-0384	147	5	28.4	44.2%	55 (37.4%)	2 (1.4%)	82 (55.8%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.4%)	$8,580			$1,212			$7,369	33.5	43.4	1099	236
484221004802	1336	Tarkington High School	Public	9-12	2770 Fm 163	Cleveland	77327	Liberty County	Tarkington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 592-7739	513	36	14.4	48.0%	410 (79.9%)	3 (0.6%)	83 (16.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	$12,778			$1,098			$11,680	33.4	56.4	757	579
484401004993	1337	Venus High School	Public	9-12	12 Bulldog Dr	Venus	76084	Johnson County	Venus Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 366-8815	725	47	15.4	75.7%	216 (29.8%)	23 (3.2%)	466 (64.3%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.7%)	$10,735			$771			$9,964	33.3	27.1	1445	108
483312003701	1338	Holmes High School	Public	9-12	6500 Ingram Rd	San Antonio	78238	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 397-7000	2,561	162	15.7	80.9%	143 (5.6%)	174 (6.8%)	2,171 (84.8%)	35 (1.4%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	30 (1.2%)	$9,138			$855			$8,283	33.3	30.7	1371	33
482778003118	1339	Livingston High School	Public	9-12	400 Fm 350 S	Livingston	77351	Polk County	Livingston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 328-8600	1,128	68	16.6	51.4%	651 (57.7%)	118 (10.5%)	307 (27.2%)	10 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (3.6%)	$10,900			$1,137			$9,763	33.3	38.3	1211	128
483486007653	1340	Psja Memorial Early College High School	Public	9-12	800 S Alamo Rd	Alamo	78516	Hidalgo County	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 354-2420	1,860	131	14.2	94.3%	11 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	1,843 (99.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$13,910			$2,680			$11,231	33.1	32.7	1331	9

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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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