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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)
481215000713	1371	Burkeville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	231 Cr 2099	Burkeville	75932	Newton County	Burkeville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 565-2201	247	21	11.6	84.6%	158 (64.0%)	73 (29.6%)	11 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$13,944			$1,498			$12,447	31.6	31	1368	3
484320004907	1372	Trinity High School	Public	9-12	500 E Caroline	Trinity	75862	Trinity County	Trinity Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 594-3560	366	39	9.4	91.8%	170 (46.4%)	61 (16.7%)	110 (30.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.0%)	$12,928			$1,153			$11,775	31.5	33.4	1315	57
481527001064	1373	King High School	Public	9-12	5225 Gollihar Rd	Corpus Christi	78412	Nueces County	Corpus Christi Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 906-3400	1,335	84	15.9	64.3%	226 (16.9%)	47 (3.5%)	1,024 (76.7%)	22 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.1%)	$9,899			$1,223			$8,676	31.5	27.3	1439	66
481332000833	1374	Center High School	Public	9-12	658 Roughrider Dr	Center	75935	Shelby County	Center Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 598-6173	685	53	12.9	69.2%	187 (27.3%)	134 (19.6%)	324 (47.3%)	21 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.5%)	$12,449			$3,854			$8,595	31.5	35.9	1267	107
481173000679	1375	Bruceville-Eddy High School	Public	9-12	1 Eagle Dr	Eddy	76524	McLennan County	Bruceville-Eddy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 859-5525	200	28	7.2	50.5%	116 (58.0%)	2 (1.0%)	73 (36.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$15,515			$850			$14,666	31.5	35	1278	97
480783008598	1376	Taylor High School	Public	9-12	7555 Howell Sugar Land Rd	Houston	77083	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 988-3500	2,856	170	16.7	80.5%	106 (3.7%)	739 (25.9%)	1,693 (59.3%)	270 (9.5%)	32 (1.1%)	6 (0.2%)	10 (0.4%)	$10,055			$1,977			$8,079	31.4	23.6	1525	149
481527001080	1377	Ray High School	Public	9-12	1002 Texan Trl	Corpus Christi	78411	Nueces County	Corpus Christi Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 878-7300	1,588	95	16.7	71.0%	200 (12.6%)	35 (2.2%)	1,302 (82.0%)	32 (2.0%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	15 (0.9%)	$10,131			$1,195			$8,937	31.4	35.9	1266	111
484092004652	1378	Southside High School	Public	9-12	19190 Us 281 S 2	San Antonio	78221	Bexar County	Southside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 882-1606	1,747	109	15.9	84.2%	93 (5.3%)	16 (0.9%)	1,621 (92.8%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.5%)	$11,147			$1,598			$9,550	31.4	28.7	1412	34
481591008040	1379	North Crowley High School	Public	9-12	9100 S Hulen	Fort Worth	76123	Tarrant County	Crowley Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 263-1250	2,933	206	14.2	73.2%	209 (7.1%)	1,713 (58.4%)	740 (25.2%)	129 (4.4%)	10 (0.3%)	8 (0.3%)	124 (4.2%)	$9,671			$614			$9,058	31.2	29.3	1402	23
484411004998	1380	Vernon High School	Public	9-12	2102 Yucca Ln	Vernon	76384	Wilbarger County	Vernon Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 553-3377	481	34	14.1	66.7%	142 (29.5%)	35 (7.3%)	242 (50.3%)	30 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.2%)	$10,223			$1,287			$8,936	31.2	28.5	1416	36

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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.