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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)
481266000764	1351	Campbell High School	Public	6-12	480 N Patterson	Campbell	75422	Hunt County	Campbell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 246-9305	134	17	7.7	65.7%	74 (55.2%)	3 (2.2%)	49 (36.6%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.7%)	$14,471			$1,167			$13,304	32.7	29.2	1404	53
481935001792	1352	Floresville High School	Public	9-12	1813 Tiger Ln	Floresville	78114	Wilson County	Floresville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 393-5370	1,245	79	15.8	54.9%	359 (28.8%)	15 (1.2%)	836 (67.1%)	8 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	20 (1.6%)	$9,254			$883			$8,371	32.7	28.4	1419	67
484329004915	1353	Westwood High School	Public	9-12	1820 Panther Blvd	Palestine	75803	Anderson County	Westwood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 729-1773	404	37	10.9	75.2%	182 (45.0%)	81 (20.0%)	112 (27.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	$11,782			$2,505			$9,277	32.6	30.1	1383	30
481248007199	1354	Hope High School	Public	9-12	900 N Virginia Rm 10	Port Lavaca	77979	Calhoun County	Calhoun County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 552-7084	30	6	5	66.7%	11 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$30,440			$684			$29,756	32.5	2.7	1916	562
482304002343	1355	Hermleigh School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	8010 Business 84h	Hermleigh	79526	Scurry County	Hermleigh Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 863-2451	260	24	10.8	42.3%	151 (58.1%)	3 (1.2%)	101 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$12,101			$1,149			$10,952	32.5	24.4	1505	150
484203004788	1356	Sweetwater High School	Public	9-12	1205 Ragland	Sweetwater	79556	Nolan County	Sweetwater Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 235-4371	523	43	12.2	64.8%	188 (35.9%)	25 (4.8%)	288 (55.1%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	$12,122			$2,360			$9,762	32.4	27.9	1429	73
480000304219	1357	Rocksprings K-12	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	201 N Hwy 377	Rocksprings	78880	Edwards County	Rocksprings Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 683-4136	211	21	9.8	68.2%	36 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	175 (82.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,293			$1,272			$14,021	32.3	30.4	1379	22
481168006517	1358	Rivera Early College High School	Public	9-12	6955 Fm 802	Brownsville	78521	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 831-8700	2,185	141	15.4	92.8%	15 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	2,166 (99.1%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,108			$1,714			$9,394	32.3	35.2	1276	82
484110004696	1359	Spring Woods High School	Public	9-12	2045 Gessner	Houston	77080	Harris County	Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(713) 251-3100	2,068	140	14.7	84.7%	124 (6.0%)	81 (3.9%)	1,804 (87.2%)	26 (1.3%)	12 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (1.0%)	$10,591			$661			$9,930	32.2	33.6	1308	51
480005507849	1360	Life School Oak Cliff	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4400 S R L Thornton Frwy	Dallas	75216	Dallas County	Life School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 376-8200	1,478	85	17.3	83.4%	15 (1.0%)	795 (53.8%)	647 (43.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (1.2%)	$11,220			$1,032			$10,188	32.2	29.4	1400	40

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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.