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)
482190002207	2421	Groveton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	N Magee And W 5th St	Groveton	75845	Trinity County	Groveton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 642-1473	350	24	14.3	64.6%	280 (80.0%)	16 (4.6%)	45 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$11,028			$2,151			$8,877	46	32.4	3253	832
482364002579	2422	Scarborough Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3030 Trenton Rd	Houston	77093	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 696-2710	717	41	17.4	96.1%	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.5%)	701 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,084			$1,081			$9,003	46	34.8	3104	682
483240011455	2423	Sorters Mill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	23300 Sorters Rd	Porter	77365	Montgomery County	New Caney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 577-8780	847	58	14.6	80.3%	150 (17.7%)	16 (1.9%)	655 (77.3%)	7 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.8%)	$11,047			$1,798			$9,249	46	49.8	2193	230
481443006080	2424	Red Sands Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4250 O Shea Dr	El Paso	79938	El Paso County	Clint Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 926-5400	573	41	13.9	90.9%	16 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	549 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$11,357			$1,926			$9,432	46	38.3	2905	481
482136002138	2425	Graham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1219 Cliff Dr	Graham	76450	Young County	Graham Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 549-4090	996	65	15.3	66.8%	650 (65.3%)	10 (1.0%)	301 (30.2%)	3 (0.3%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	24 (2.4%)	$9,433			$1,764			$7,669	46	48.2	2288	137
480744002238	2426	Ward Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3750 Paint Brush	Abilene	79606	Taylor County	Abilene Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 690-3666	473	32	14.8	64.9%	212 (44.8%)	58 (12.3%)	156 (33.0%)	26 (5.5%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$9,266			$1,167			$8,099	46	47.8	2312	114
481965005987	2427	Sugar Mill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13707 Jess Pirtle Blvd	Sugar Land	77498	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 634-4440	644	43	14.8	58.1%	181 (28.1%)	48 (7.5%)	254 (39.4%)	104 (16.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.2%)	$10,991			$683			$10,308	46	64.1	1419	1008
483771004224	2428	Rogers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	802 Rogers Cemetry Rd	Rogers	76569	Bell County	Rogers Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 642-3250	402	28	14.5	56.2%	238 (59.2%)	4 (1.0%)	141 (35.1%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$9,517			$951			$8,566	46	49.8	2192	236
480028411566	2429	Ambassadors Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	5001 Ave U	Galveston	77551	Galveston County	Ambassadors Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 762-1115	162	18	9.1	87.7%	10 (6.2%)	96 (59.3%)	46 (28.4%)	3 (1.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.7%)	$14,059			$2,542			$11,517	45.9	53.1	2006	423
482364002463	2430	Garden Oaks Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	901 Sue Barnett Dr	Houston	77018	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 696-2930	780	44	17.5	42.6%	218 (27.9%)	45 (5.8%)	425 (54.5%)	42 (5.4%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (5.6%)	$9,857			$896			$8,961	45.9	50.7	2138	292

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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.