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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)
480021113523	1551	Idea Bluff Springs College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-12	1700 E Slaughter Ln	Austin	78744	Travis County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 822-4200	731	45	16.1	81.4%	53 (7.3%)	55 (7.5%)	607 (83.0%)	11 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$11,231			$968			$10,263	23.7	36.1	1263	288
482364002609	1552	Westbury High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	11911 Chimney Rock	Houston	77035	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 723-6015	2,263	127	17.7	89.6%	50 (2.2%)	603 (26.6%)	1,551 (68.5%)	34 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (1.0%)	$9,658			$965			$8,693	23.7	16.9	1649	97
482589002917	1553	Kopperl School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	175 Cr 1240	Kopperl	76652	Bosque County	Kopperl Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 889-3502	177	16	10.8	72.3%	146 (82.5%)	2 (1.1%)	23 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$13,513			$1,335			$12,178	23.6	33.5	1310	243
482811012512	1554	Lead Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	410 S Green St	Longview	75601	Gregg County	Longview Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 381-3921	149	11	13	83.2%	30 (20.1%)	52 (34.9%)	61 (40.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.0%)	$15,737			$1,711			$14,026	23.5	29.8	1391	163
484251004865	1555	Texas City High School	Public	9-12	1431 Ninth Ave N	Texas City	77590	Galveston County	Texas City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 916-0800	1,721	116	14.8	72.6%	405 (23.5%)	338 (19.6%)	884 (51.4%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (5.0%)	$11,723			$1,143			$10,580	23.3	28.5	1418	137
482364002536	1556	Milby High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1601 Broadway	Houston	77012	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 928-7401	2,179	108	20.1	92.9%	10 (0.5%)	76 (3.5%)	2,074 (95.2%)	12 (0.6%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.3%)	$9,372			$1,086			$8,286	23.2	20.1	1590	34
481785001554	1557	East Central High School	Public	9-12	7173 Fm 1628	San Antonio	78263	Bexar County	East Central Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 649-2951	3,295	183	17.9	62.8%	412 (12.5%)	344 (10.4%)	2,441 (74.1%)	17 (0.5%)	8 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	70 (2.1%)	$8,590			$693			$7,897	23.2	22	1562	5
484653011178	1558	Achieve Academy	Public, Alternative	4-12	300 Pirate Dr	Wylie	75098	Collin County	Wylie Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 429-2395	113	16	6.8	51.3%	41 (36.3%)	19 (16.8%)	41 (36.3%)	7 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.4%)	$25,817			$2,399			$23,418	23.2	32.8	1329	229
484245004841	1559	Terrell High School	Public	9-12	400 Poetry Rd	Terrell	75160	Kaufman County	Terrell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 563-7525	1,467	90	16.3	77.2%	274 (18.7%)	258 (17.6%)	860 (58.6%)	8 (0.5%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	60 (4.1%)	$11,454			$995			$10,460	23.2	23.5	1529	30
481800001589	1560	Permian High School	Public	9-12	1800 E 42nd St	Odessa	79762	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(432) 456-0039	4,126	216	19.1	60.8%	792 (19.2%)	236 (5.7%)	2,946 (71.4%)	44 (1.1%)	15 (0.4%)	16 (0.4%)	77 (1.9%)	$9,727			$1,260			$8,468	23.2	25.7	1484	76

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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.