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)
484560011787	111	Stanton-Smith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Zavala Trl	Whitehouse	75791	Smith County	Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 839-5730	514	36	14.4	47.7%	323 (62.8%)	76 (14.8%)	63 (12.3%)	13 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.0%)	$9,983			$1,162			$8,820	96.8	94.4	196	85
482517010770	112	Woodcreek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1155 Woodcreek Bend Ln	Katy	77494	Fort Bend County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 234-0100	1,324	88	15	18.8%	425 (32.1%)	143 (10.8%)	192 (14.5%)	462 (34.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	100 (7.6%)	$8,852			$551			$8,301	96.7	94.1	210	98
481521012980	113	Richard J Lee Elementary	Public	K-5	8808 Chaparral Waters Way	Dallas	75019	Dallas County	Coppell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(214) 496-7900	728	50	14.6	5.9%	51 (7.0%)	33 (4.5%)	33 (4.5%)	593 (81.5%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.9%)	$8,401			$436			$7,964	96.7	95.9	140	27
484653010521	114	Rita Smith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2221 Fm 1378	Wylie	75098	Collin County	Wylie Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 429-2540	606	43	13.9	27.2%	263 (43.4%)	104 (17.2%)	86 (14.2%)	105 (17.3%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.1%)	$13,448			$676			$12,772	96.6	95.8	144	30
480143814167	115	Basis Pflugerville Pri	Public, Charter	K-5	1217 S 10th St	Pflugerville	78660	Travis County	Basis Texas	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(210) 981-1071	618	35	17.6		42 (6.8%)	20 (3.2%)	26 (4.2%)	494 (79.9%)	13 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.7%)								96.6			(n/a)
481521013648	116	Canyon Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	1205 Santa Fe Trail	Irving	75063	Dallas County	Coppell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(214) 496-7200	718	53	13.5	8.8%	33 (4.6%)	18 (2.5%)	27 (3.8%)	628 (87.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)	$7,568			$430			$7,138	96.6	98.3	45	71
484110004671	117	Bunker Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11950 Taylorcrest	Houston	77024	Harris County	Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(713) 251-5400	747	41	18.4	14.9%	379 (50.7%)	27 (3.6%)	133 (17.8%)	163 (21.8%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (5.2%)	$9,202			$695			$8,507	96.6	93.5	240	123
482517007951	118	Roosevelt Alexander Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6161 S Fry Rd	Katy	77494	Fort Bend County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 237-7100	1,020	71	14.3	23.2%	283 (27.7%)	62 (6.1%)	179 (17.5%)	413 (40.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	79 (7.7%)	$9,912			$546			$9,366	96.5	94	215	97
481623006932	119	George B Dealey Montessori Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	6501 Royal Ln	Dallas	75230	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(972) 794-8400	636	43	14.7	25.8%	225 (35.4%)	71 (11.2%)	217 (34.1%)	67 (10.5%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	49 (7.7%)	$10,960			$815			$10,145	96.5	98.1	55	64
482001009164	120	Sparks Elementary	Public	K-5	8200 Otis Dr	Frisco	75036	Denton County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-3000	568	39	14.6	7.4%	206 (36.3%)	16 (2.8%)	70 (12.3%)	235 (41.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.9%)	$8,460			$378			$8,082	96.5	97.6	67	53

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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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