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)
482838011892	31	Robert L Puster Elementary	Public	K-4	856 Stoddard Rd	Fairview	75069	Collin County	Lovejoy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 742-8300	551	41	13.3	3.4%	346 (62.8%)	13 (2.4%)	61 (11.1%)	95 (17.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.8%)	$10,300			$402			$9,897	98.8	98.8	34	3
482001013186	32	Norris Elementary	Public	K-5	10101 Shepton Ln	Frisco	75035	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-4075	644	39	16.3	2.2%	31 (4.8%)	21 (3.3%)	11 (1.7%)	539 (83.7%)	18 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.7%)	$7,817			$378			$7,439	98.8	96.7	105	73
482034002032	33	Kimberlin Academy For Excel	Public, Magnet	K-5	1520 Cumberland Dr	Garland	75040	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(972) 926-2560	501	32	15.4	38.9%	143 (28.5%)	95 (19.0%)	154 (30.7%)	74 (14.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.6%)	$9,788			$986			$8,801	98.8	98.3	44	11
482001013002	34	McSpedden Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14140 Countrybrook Dr	Frisco	75035	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-4025	747	43	17.3	5.5%	115 (15.4%)	32 (4.3%)	46 (6.2%)	524 (70.1%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	$8,109			$378			$7,731	98.8	98.2	47	13
484110004705	35	Wilchester Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13618 St Marys Ln	Houston	77079	Harris County	Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(713) 251-7700	862	48	18	10.9%	624 (72.4%)	18 (2.1%)	110 (12.8%)	80 (9.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.1%)	$9,305			$759			$8,546	98.6	98.2	48	13
481302006373	36	Carroll Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1705 W Continental Blvd	Southlake	76092	Tarrant County	Carroll Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 949-4300	630	46	13.8		332 (52.7%)	10 (1.6%)	78 (12.4%)	150 (23.8%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	55 (8.7%)	$9,798			$172			$9,626	98.6	99.2	22	14
482517012315	37	Stanley C Stanley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	26633 Cinco Terrace Dr	Katy	77494	Fort Bend County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 234-1400	887	63	14	14.0%	288 (32.5%)	43 (4.8%)	135 (15.2%)	382 (43.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.4%)	$9,207			$577			$8,630	98.6	97.5	75	38
481800001590	38	El Magnet At Reagan Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2321 E 21st St	Odessa	79761	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(432) 456-1189	662	32	20.7	37.0%	172 (26.0%)	22 (3.3%)	413 (62.4%)	43 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	$10,638			$1,222			$9,416	98.5	98.9	29	9
483510008736	39	Wyatt Elementary	Public	K-5	8900 Coit Rd	Plano	75025	Collin County	Plano Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 752-3800	325	29	11.3	10.2%	80 (24.6%)	22 (6.8%)	29 (8.9%)	172 (52.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.5%)	$10,568			$525			$10,043	98.5	98.4	43	4
483702004127	40	Brentfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6767 Brentfield Dr	Dallas	75248	Dallas County	Richardson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 593-5730	812	55	14.6	11.7%	596 (73.4%)	39 (4.8%)	108 (13.3%)	27 (3.3%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.6%)	$8,523			$521			$8,003	98.5	98.6	39	1

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About our rankings:

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.