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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)
481830001695	1731	Jefferson High School	Public	9-12	4700 Alameda Ave	El Paso	79905	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-7400	1,040	68	15.2	96.3%	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1,030 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,213			$1,126			$9,087	13	14.7	1684	47
483444009141	1732	Pace Center	Public	9-12	2314 Old Alvin Rd	Pearland	77581	Brazoria County	Pearland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 412-5199	106	19	5.6	67.0%	24 (22.6%)	13 (12.3%)	59 (55.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.5%)								13	12.8	1708	24
480006310419	1733	Northeast Campus	Public, Charter	6-12	1258 Austin Hwy Bldg 2	San Antonio	78209	Bexar County	Southwest Preparatory School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 829-8017	59	9	6.4	81.4%	8 (13.6%)	11 (18.6%)	39 (66.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	$17,048			$3,375			$13,673	13	7.8	1791	58
482364002605	1734	Washington B T High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	4204 Yale St	Houston	77018	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 696-6600	837	88	9.5	98.0%	15 (1.8%)	393 (47.0%)	415 (49.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	$12,504			$1,737			$10,767	12.9	9.5	1761	27
482985008486	1735	County Residential Center	Public	6-12	4700 Community Dr	McKinney	75071	Collin County	McKinney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 547-5400	81	11	7.3	6.2%	35 (43.2%)	22 (27.2%)	15 (18.5%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.6%)	$17,441			$2,721			$14,720	12.9	11.1	1734	1
480020708396	1736	Premier H S Of Del Rio	Public, Charter	9-12	1701 Kings Way	Del Rio	78840	Val Verde County	Premier High Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 298-2100	65	4	16.2	76.9%	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	62 (95.4%)	2 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,280			$751			$6,529	12.7	33	1327	409
484538005165	1737	Wharton High School	Public	9-12	1 Tiger Ave	Wharton	77488	Wharton County	Wharton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 532-6800	584	43	13.5	69.2%	54 (9.2%)	155 (26.5%)	366 (62.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$11,405			$1,151			$10,254	12.7	15.5	1675	62
484509005143	1738	West Orange-Stark High School	Public	9-12	1400 Newton St	Orange	77631	Orange County	West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 882-5570	654	60	10.9	87.8%	97 (14.8%)	371 (56.7%)	143 (21.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	37 (5.7%)	$13,025			$1,876			$11,149	12.7	13.3	1698	40
481710001483	1739	Dilley High School	Public	9-12	1 Grey Wolf Dr	Dilley	78017	Frio County	Dilley Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 965-1814	266	29	9	76.3%	15 (5.6%)	1 (0.4%)	250 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,600			$1,006			$14,593	12.6	11.8	1723	16
484122004721	1740	Westfield High School	Public	9-12	16713 Ella Blvd	Houston	77090	Harris County	Spring Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 891-7130	2,301	134	17.2	89.7%	51 (2.2%)	920 (40.0%)	1,199 (52.1%)	66 (2.9%)	18 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (2.0%)	$9,917			$925			$8,992	12.6	8.8	1771	31

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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.