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)
481380000869	2021	Chico Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1120 Park Rd	Chico	76431	Wise County	Chico Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 644-2220	278	19	14.6	60.1%	179 (64.4%)	2 (0.7%)	88 (31.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$10,606			$1,201			$9,405	52.2	57.9	1707	314
483873013447	2022	Advanced Learning Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	621 W Euclid	San Antonio	78212	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 738-9763	1,071	68	15.6	51.0%	201 (18.8%)	45 (4.2%)	800 (74.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (1.9%)	$11,578			$1,999			$9,578	52.2	47.3	2332	310
481677001455	2023	Kelley Elementary	Public	3-5	500 N Soland	Denver City	79323	Yoakum County	Denver City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 592-5920	326	27	12	69.0%	42 (12.9%)	1 (0.3%)	279 (85.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$12,546			$2,110			$10,436	52.2	33.7	3180	1157
483808004250	2024	Forest North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13414 Broadmeade Ave	Austin	78729	Williamson County	Round Rock Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 464-6750	266	26	10.2	45.5%	88 (33.1%)	41 (15.4%)	100 (37.6%)	17 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.5%)	$14,327			$850			$13,477	52.2	52.1	2055	31
481623001336	2025	Martha Turner Reilly Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11230 Lippitt Ave	Dallas	75218	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-7800	477	32	14.8	75.1%	77 (16.1%)	47 (9.9%)	340 (71.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	$12,319			$1,367			$10,952	52.1	57.8	1714	311
484071011477	2026	Chester E Jordan	Public	PK, KG-5	13995 Jason Crandall Dr	El Paso	79938	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-8800	759	35	21.7	76.8%	38 (5.0%)	23 (3.0%)	671 (88.4%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.8%)	$9,215			$1,555			$7,660	52.1	45.7	2422	396
480783000111	2027	Liestman Elementary	Public	K-4	7610 Synott Rd	Houston	77083	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8348	548	53	10.3	88.1%	11 (2.0%)	128 (23.4%)	320 (58.4%)	88 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$11,707			$2,060			$9,648	52.1	29.9	3403	1376
482967003326	2028	Alvarez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2606 Gumwood Ave	McAllen	78501	Hidalgo County	McAllen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 971-4471	450	34	13.3	96.0%	15 (3.3%)	3 (0.7%)	431 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$13,224			$1,692			$11,533	52.1	39.8	2815	787
482526011964	2029	Caprock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	12301 Grey Twig Dr	Keller	76244	Tarrant County	Keller Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 744-6400	611	48	12.7	57.4%	191 (31.3%)	59 (9.7%)	288 (47.1%)	40 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.2%)	$10,886			$1,593			$9,293	52	55.9	1828	201
483312005565	2030	Timberwilde Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8838 Timberwilde	San Antonio	78250	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 397-0400	454	39	11.7	71.8%	78 (17.2%)	10 (2.2%)	354 (78.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	$11,344			$1,587			$9,757	52	49.1	2236	206

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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.
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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.