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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)
480002207905	921	Early College T-Stem Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	2950 Broadway St	Houston	77017	Harris County	Raul Yzaguirre Schools For Success	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 640-3700	315	22	14.6	96.8%	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	314 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,222			$2,731			$12,492	50.5	48.9	952	31
484182004769	922	Sulphur Springs High School	Public	8-12	1200 Connally	Sulphur Springs	75482	Hopkins County	Sulphur Springs Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 885-2158	1,278	103	12.3	53.4%	677 (53.0%)	122 (9.5%)	401 (31.4%)	15 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	60 (4.7%)	$11,774			$1,234			$10,540	50.4	46.5	1026	104
484376004977	923	Valley Mills High School	Public	9-12	Hwy 6 And 1 Eagle Way	Valley Mills	76689	Bosque County	Valley Mills Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 932-5251	206	22	9.5	41.7%	130 (63.1%)	6 (2.9%)	57 (27.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	$16,210			$1,329			$14,881	50.4	48.8	955	32
483873013894	924	Cast Med High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2601 Louis Bauer Dr	San Antonio	78235	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 228-3380	204	16	12.7	73.0%	12 (5.9%)	8 (3.9%)	176 (86.3%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$19,789			$6,468			$13,321	50.4	71.6	388	536
481111000574	925	Brady High School	Public	9-12	2301 Menard Hwy	Brady	76825	McCulloch County	Brady Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 597-2491	292	27	10.6	60.3%	143 (49.0%)	4 (1.4%)	132 (45.2%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	$14,588			$1,866			$12,722	50.4	56	769	156
480021112150	926	Idea College Preparatory Mission	Public, Charter	6-12	1600 S Schuerbach Rd	Mission	78572	Hidalgo County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 583-8315	772	49	15.8	89.9%	24 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	744 (96.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$11,635			$1,825			$9,809	50.3	65.5	548	378
481796001563	927	Eastland High School	Public	9-12	900 W Plummer	Eastland	76448	Eastland County	Eastland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 631-5000	327	31	10.4	53.5%	206 (63.0%)	1 (0.3%)	109 (33.3%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	$11,927			$1,271			$10,656	50.2	62.3	631	296
483369009481	928	Onalaska Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	1885 Fm 3459	Onalaska	77360	Polk County	Onalaska Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 646-1020	529	39	13.5	59.9%	409 (77.3%)	23 (4.3%)	67 (12.7%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	$11,316			$1,363			$9,953	50.2	57.7	724	204
482382002633	929	Hargrave High School	Public	9-12	25400 Willy Ln	Huffman	77336	Harris County	Huffman Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 324-1845	1,163	78	14.9	44.1%	731 (62.9%)	54 (4.6%)	350 (30.1%)	7 (0.6%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.4%)	$11,324			$1,186			$10,139	50.2	55.1	793	136
482265002300	930	Hart Independent School District (Isd)	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	710 2nd St	Hart	79043	Castro County	Hart Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 938-2141	212	18	11.9	83.5%	12 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	199 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$12,390			$2,102			$10,288	50.1	51.5	891	39

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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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Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.