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)
480145714172	4391	Compass Rose Journey	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	100 Crestwind Dr	Windcrest	78239	Bexar County	Compass Rose Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 540-9265	572	30	19	88.6%	62 (10.8%)	148 (25.9%)	336 (58.7%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.0%)								12.8	7.1	4549	158
483873004366	4392	J T Brackenridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1214 Guadalupe St	San Antonio	78207	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 978-7950	554	34	16.2	98.7%	9 (1.6%)	23 (4.2%)	510 (92.1%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$12,559			$3,386			$9,173	12.8	7.6	4527	135
483702004158	4393	Skyview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9229 Meadowknoll Dr	Dallas	75243	Dallas County	Richardson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 593-2400	680	44	15.5	91.6%	38 (5.6%)	262 (38.5%)	259 (38.1%)	98 (14.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.8%)	$11,046			$1,262			$9,784	12.8	21.3	3926	467
481623007249	4394	Julian T Saldivar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9510 Brockbank Dr	Dallas	75220	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-2000	771	50	15.4	97.0%	18 (2.3%)	12 (1.6%)	730 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	$11,331			$1,421			$9,910	12.7	25.4	3667	727
482364002411	4395	Bruce Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	510 Jensen Dr	Houston	77020	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 226-4560	310	25	12.1	97.1%	6 (1.9%)	250 (80.6%)	49 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$11,074			$1,484			$9,590	12.7	11.5	4410	15
482670006577	4396	Laneville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	7415 Hwy 1798 W	Laneville	75667	Rusk County	Laneville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 863-5353	140	17	8.3	82.9%	46 (32.9%)	43 (30.7%)	41 (29.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.1%)	$13,496			$1,312			$12,184	12.6	31.9	3275	1121
480026412999	4397	KIPP Destiny Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	3663 W Camp Wisdom Rd	Dallas	75237	Dallas County	KIPP Texas Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 323-4220	413	22	18.7	95.6%	0 (0.0%)	369 (89.3%)	37 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	$10,405			$1,269			$9,136	12.6	7.6	4529	132
480894000304	4398	Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7801 Guadalupe St	Austin	78752	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-2047	453	32	14.2	95.8%	22 (4.9%)	33 (7.3%)	362 (79.9%)	31 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$11,359			$1,214			$10,145	12.6	14.1	4320	78
481830010644	4399	Charles Q Murphree Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	499 Cabaret	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(915) 236-3925	880	61	14.5	89.8%	36 (4.1%)	24 (2.7%)	789 (89.7%)	10 (1.1%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	11 (1.3%)								12.6			(n/a)
480002907561	4400	Pegasus Charter High School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1222 Commerce St Ste 100	Dallas	75202	Dallas County	Pegasus School Of Liberal Arts And Sciences	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 749-5677	451	23	19.3	74.7%	19 (4.2%)	147 (32.6%)	271 (60.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	$12,682			$2,670			$10,012	12.6	10	4462	62

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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.