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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)
484416005025	861	Vidor High School	Public	9-12	500 Orange St	Vidor	77662	Orange County	Vidor Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 951-8900	1,257	83	15.1	53.5%	1,082 (86.1%)	2 (0.2%)	136 (10.8%)	12 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (1.8%)	$11,361			$820			$10,540	53.1	55.4	783	78
482232002239	862	Hamshire-Fannett High School	Public	9-12	12552 Second St	Hamshire	77622	Jefferson County	Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 243-2512	620	45	13.8	41.6%	399 (64.4%)	63 (10.2%)	135 (21.8%)	9 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	$12,067			$830			$11,238	53.1	46.8	1018	156
482364012618	863	Mickey Leland College Prep Academy For Young Men	Public, Magnet	6-12	1700 Gregg St	Houston	77020	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 226-2668	302	22	14	83.8%	9 (3.0%)	146 (48.3%)	134 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$9,234			$973			$8,260	53.1	33.4	1314	451
483996004532	864	Shelbyville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5322 St Hwy 87s	Shelbyville	75973	Shelby County	Shelbyville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 598-7323	857	68	12.5	56.7%	638 (74.4%)	106 (12.4%)	90 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.6%)	$11,537			$1,718			$9,820	53.1	52.6	863	1
480016323066	865	Plainview Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	310 S Ennis St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(972) 316-3663	213	15	14.2	46.0%	108 (50.7%)	4 (1.9%)	91 (42.7%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.9%)								53			(n/a)
482868003248	866	Mabank High School	Public	9-12	18786 E Hwy 175	Mabank	75147	Kaufman County	Mabank Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 880-1600	1,150	84	13.6	56.5%	782 (68.0%)	28 (2.4%)	282 (24.5%)	8 (0.7%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.9%)	$10,971			$1,010			$9,961	53	47.3	1002	136
484128004729	867	Springtown High School	Public	9-12	915 W Hwy 199	Springtown	76082	Parker County	Springtown Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 220-3888	1,134	83	13.6	40.6%	797 (70.3%)	21 (1.9%)	274 (24.2%)	6 (0.5%)	6 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (2.5%)	$10,376			$685			$9,692	53	60.6	664	203
481581001150	868	Cross Plains High School	Public	7-12	700 N Main	Cross Plains	76443	Callahan County	Cross Plains Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 725-6121	152	22	6.9	63.8%	123 (80.9%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,615			$1,123			$12,493	53	49.9	930	62
483780004233	869	Roosevelt High School	Public	9-12	1406 County Rd 3300	Lubbock	79403	Lubbock County	Roosevelt Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(806) 842-3283	347	36	9.7	75.8%	114 (32.9%)	9 (2.6%)	213 (61.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	$13,808			$2,132			$11,676	52.9	61.1	652	217
481362000857	870	Channing School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	900 Greenwood Ave	Channing	79018	Hartley County	Channing Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 235-3432	128	15	8.2	70.3%	51 (39.8%)	1 (0.8%)	73 (57.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$12,289			$994			$11,295	52.9	42.4	1127	257

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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.