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)
482442006869	4191	Davis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	310 Davis Ave	Irving	75061	Dallas County	Irving Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 600-4900	802	50	15.8	89.0%	47 (5.9%)	178 (22.2%)	531 (66.2%)	24 (3.0%)	13 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.1%)	$10,110			$1,401			$8,709	16.9	12.4	4386	195
481437013664	4192	Cottonwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1922 Rd 3549	Cleveland	77327	Liberty County	Cleveland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 761-7540	1,116	71	15.7	96.9%	33 (3.0%)	27 (2.4%)	1,047 (93.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	$11,081			$1,170			$9,911	16.9	20.1	3997	195
482568002886	4193	Harvey Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1301 E Kenedy Ave	Kingsville	78363	Kleberg County	Kingsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 592-4327	524	33	15.7	88.9%	35 (6.7%)	14 (2.7%)	469 (89.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$9,793			$1,584			$8,209	16.9	16.4	4220	27
481623012460	4194	Ebby Halliday Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10210 Teagarden	Dallas	75217	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 925-1800	637	43	14.8	92.3%	20 (3.1%)	80 (12.6%)	528 (82.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$11,868			$1,414			$10,454	16.8	41.4	2703	1491
483714006900	4195	John & Olive Hinojosa Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2448 Embassy St	Rio Grande City	78582	Starr County	Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 370-4366	467	33	14.3	98.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	467 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,962			$2,082			$8,879	16.8	15.4	4267	72
483870004316	4196	Reagan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 Volney St	San Angelo	76903	Tom Green County	San Angelo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 659-3666	257	26	9.8	89.1%	37 (14.4%)	7 (2.7%)	209 (81.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$11,878			$1,237			$10,641	16.8	19.3	4052	144
480894008061	4197	Hart Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8301 Furness	Austin	78753	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 841-2100	555	42	13.2	93.2%	27 (4.9%)	36 (6.5%)	462 (83.2%)	22 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$12,529			$1,393			$11,135	16.8	34.8	3105	1092
484122012370	4198	Gloria Marshall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24505 Birnamwood Dr	Spring	77373	Harris County	Spring Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 891-4900	874	56	15.7	80.0%	36 (4.1%)	346 (39.6%)	440 (50.3%)	16 (1.8%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (3.3%)	$10,166			$1,513			$8,654	16.8	23.5	3795	403
483702008193	4199	Forest Lane Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	9663 Forest Ln	Dallas	75243	Dallas County	Richardson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 593-1850	552	40	13.8	94.6%	31 (5.6%)	325 (58.9%)	143 (25.9%)	31 (5.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.4%)	$11,909			$1,831			$10,079	16.8	21.9	3889	310
481970011018	4200	Dolores Huerta Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3309 W Long Ave	Fort Worth	76106	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 740-5550	482	32	15	94.2%	10 (2.1%)	5 (1.0%)	462 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$11,265			$1,688			$9,577	16.8	19.6	4030	170

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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.