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)
481305000809	1311	Thompson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2915 Scott Mill Rd	Carrollton	75007	Denton County	Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 968-3400	486	36	13.5	75.1%	44 (9.1%)	30 (6.2%)	395 (81.3%)	8 (1.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$11,781			$1,549			$10,232	65.5	71	1130	181
482526013310	1312	Sunset Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2032 Canchim St	Fort Worth	76131	Tarrant County	Keller Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 743-8200	580	44	13.1	48.1%	168 (29.0%)	97 (16.7%)	137 (23.6%)	124 (21.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (8.6%)	$9,845			$837			$9,008	65.5	62.9	1462	150
482566010408	1313	Skipcha Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	515 Prospector Trl	Harker Heights	76548	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 336-6690	968	58	16.6	49.1%	256 (26.4%)	239 (24.7%)	298 (30.8%)	36 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.0%)	129 (13.3%)	$9,191			$1,083			$8,107	65.4	62.5	1479	166
482613009306	1314	Sam Fordyce Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	801 Fm 886	Sullivan City	78595	Hidalgo County	La Joya Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 323-2490	449	29	15.2	97.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	449 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,301			$1,347			$10,954	65.4	74.9	962	352
481248000745	1315	Jackson/Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1512 Jackson St	Port Lavaca	77979	Calhoun County	Calhoun County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 552-3317	842	53	15.9	73.6%	184 (21.9%)	10 (1.2%)	626 (74.3%)	15 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	$9,620			$1,154			$8,467	65.4	63.3	1451	136
481983012950	1316	Legacy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6424 Kemper Ave	Lubbock	79416	Lubbock County	Frenship Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 792-3800	451	35	13	53.4%	162 (35.9%)	39 (8.6%)	219 (48.6%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.5%)	$11,280			$1,183			$10,097	65.4	67.5	1268	48
481428006835	1317	John F Ward Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1440 Bouldercrest Dr	Houston	77062	Harris County	Clear Creek Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 284-5400	602	38	15.9	41.7%	226 (37.5%)	71 (11.8%)	195 (32.4%)	75 (12.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.5%)	$9,988			$490			$9,498	65.3	75.5	938	379
482829008720	1318	Laureles Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	31393 Fm 2893	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 254-5141	544	36	15.1	86.2%	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	532 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,156			$661			$9,494	65.3	51.2	2109	791
482892003269	1319	Alice Ponder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	101 Pleasant Ridge Dr	Mansfield	76063	Tarrant County	Mansfield Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 299-7700	664	44	15	73.0%	113 (17.0%)	128 (19.3%)	380 (57.2%)	12 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (0.9%)	24 (3.6%)	$10,019			$1,250			$8,769	65.3	73.3	1028	291
480144113211	1320	Great Hearts Irving	Public, Charter	K-5	3350 W Story Rd	Irving	75038	Dallas County	Great Hearts Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 759-3030	775	31	25	19.7%	174 (22.5%)	53 (6.8%)	124 (16.0%)	399 (51.5%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.1%)	$8,950			$198			$8,752	65.2	74.5	981	339

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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.