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Best High Schools in Bell County, TX

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20,840

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Top rankedKilleen Independent School District (Isd) Early College High School154^th of 2,057 Texas high schools

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Biggest riser

Rogers High School up 86 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Holland High School 7.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Belton New Technical H S At Waskow and 1 more

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2026)	STAAR EOC Biology (2026)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2026)	STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			STAAR Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Cedar Crest	Public, Charter	6-12	3500 Interstate 35 Frontage Rd	Belton	76513	Bell County	University Of Texas University Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(915) 238-7028	75	5	13.8		33 (44.0%)	11 (14.7%)	27 (36.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.0%)	4.4	1936^th of 2057 public high schools	5.9%		12	1752^nd of 1974 public high schools	11.2%	184	0.0	22.2	14.3	20.0	40.0		20.0	5.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	$11,889
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen)	Public, Charter	9-12	802 N 8th St	Killeen	76541	Bell County	Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 634-4444	136	6	21.1	67.6%	12 (8.8%)	60 (44.1%)	46 (33.8%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.2%)	4 (2.9%)	9 (6.6%)	3.9	1949^th of 2057 public high schools	5.3%		2.6	1936^th of 1974 public high schools	1.9%	13	9.7	13.3	2.9	7.7	45.0								$8,326
Ki Charter - Temple	Public, Charter	7-12	1201 Canyon Creek Dr	Temple	76502	Bell County	Ki Charter	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(210) 705-9914	9	2	4.2	44.4%	4 (44.4%)	3 (33.3%)	2 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58.7	740^th of 2057 public high schools	64.0%					(n/a)			60.0				20.0			0.0
Academy High School	Public	9-12	850 N Hw 95	Little River Academy	76554	Bell County	Academy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 982-4201	546	44	12.4	34.1%	316 (57.9%)	30 (5.5%)	160 (29.3%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	27 (4.9%)	65.6	537^th of 2057 public high schools	73.9%		69.1	440^th of 1974 public high schools	77.7%	97	41.1	82.7	68.8	78.1	76.5								$9,661
Bell County Alternative School	Public	7-12	706 E Rio Poco	Little River Academy	76554	Bell County	Academy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 982-3505	0	1	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Belton High School	Public	9-12	600 Lake Rd	Belton	76513	Bell County	Belton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 215-2200	1,763	128	13.7	45.5%	703 (39.9%)	142 (8.1%)	772 (43.8%)	28 (1.6%)	8 (0.5%)	17 (1.0%)	93 (5.3%)	45.3	1121^st of 2057 public high schools	45.5%		45.9	1021^st of 1974 public high schools	48.3%	100	33.0	63.2	55.2	57.0	69.6								$10,006
Lake Belton High School	Public	9-12	9809 Fm 2483	Temple	76502	Bell County	Belton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 316-6200	2,300	146	15.7	30.7%	1,184 (51.5%)	203 (8.8%)	676 (29.4%)	67 (2.9%)	10 (0.4%)	10 (0.4%)	150 (6.5%)	65.5	541^st of 2057 public high schools	73.7%		67.7	480^th of 1974 public high schools	75.7%	61	46.4	79.2	69.9	73.1	72.7								$8,163
Belton New Technical H S At Waskow	Public	9-12	320 N Blair	Belton	76513	Bell County	Belton Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(254) 215-2500	284	23	12.2	26.4%	165 (58.1%)	18 (6.3%)	80 (28.2%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.6%)	78.8	243^rd of 2057 public high schools	88.2%					(n/a)	52.5	81.8	78.1	87.5	95.4								$10,828
District Alternative Education Program	Public	6-12	302 N Blair St	Belton	76513	Bell County	Belton Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(254) 215-2670	46	10	4.6	65.2%	19 (41.3%)	6 (13.0%)	17 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.7%)								(n/a)													$00
Holland High School	Public	9-12	100 S Rose Ln	Holland	76534	Bell County	Holland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 657-2523	183	23	7.8	38.3%	121 (66.1%)	4 (2.2%)	50 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.4%)	80.7	202^nd of 2057 public high schools	90.2%		77.7	254^th of 1974 public high schools	87.1%	52	78.1	90.0	81.3	74.4	82.9								$12,660
C E Ellison High School	Public	9-12	909 E Elms Rd	Killeen	76542	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 336-0600	1,761	105	16.8	58.7%	199 (11.3%)	764 (43.4%)	560 (31.8%)	51 (2.9%)	4 (0.2%)	42 (2.4%)	141 (8.0%)	33.8	1426^th of 2057 public high schools	30.7%		34.6	1275^th of 1974 public high schools	35.4%	151	27.5	60.3	43.9	50.4	63.1								$10,717
Killeen High School	Public	9-12	500 N 38th St	Killeen	76543	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 336-7208	2,083	119	17.4	74.3%	217 (10.4%)	736 (35.3%)	884 (42.4%)	21 (1.0%)	11 (0.5%)	39 (1.9%)	175 (8.4%)	26.3	1587^th of 2057 public high schools	22.8%		20	1615^th of 1974 public high schools	18.2%	28	30.8	50.8	33.9	45.6	61.6								$9,322
Gateway High School	Public	9-12	4100 Zephyr Rd	Killeen	76543	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 336-1700	84	16	5.1	73.8%	7 (8.3%)	45 (53.6%)	24 (28.6%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	6 (7.1%)								(n/a)													$33,340
Harker Heights High School	Public	9-12	1001 E Fm 2410	Harker Heights	76548	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 336-0800	2,192	127	17.2	39.8%	577 (26.3%)	568 (25.9%)	681 (31.1%)	88 (4.0%)	10 (0.5%)	37 (1.7%)	231 (10.5%)	62.9	609^th of 2057 public high schools	70.4%		60.6	656^th of 1974 public high schools	66.8%	47	38.6	73.9	67.6	71.2	82.3								$9,708
Robert M Shoemaker High School	Public	9-12	3302 S Clear Creek Rd	Killeen	76549	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 336-0900	2,165	122	17.7	60.9%	262 (12.1%)	975 (45.0%)	633 (29.2%)	54 (2.5%)	9 (0.4%)	55 (2.5%)	177 (8.2%)	28.3	1544^th of 2057 public high schools	24.9%		31.3	1364^th of 1974 public high schools	30.9%	180	20.7	52.1	42.0	43.8	65.1								$9,358
Killeen Independent School District (Isd) Early College High School	Public	9-12	51000 Tank Destroyer Blvd	Fort Hood	76544	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 336-0260	960	47	20.2	48.6%	164 (17.1%)	271 (28.2%)	330 (34.4%)	51 (5.3%)	7 (0.7%)	32 (3.3%)	105 (10.9%)	83.1	154^th of 2057 public high schools	92.5%		87.3	101^st of 1974 public high schools	94.9%	53	73.5	89.6	78.7	90.7	86.0								$9,364
Chaparral High School	Public	9-12	4400 Chaparral Rd	Killeen	76542	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(254) 336-2447	2,031	114	17.7	47.6%	334 (16.4%)	756 (37.2%)	648 (31.9%)	45 (2.2%)	8 (0.4%)	42 (2.1%)	198 (9.7%)	51.4	932^nd of 2057 public high schools	54.7%		52.3	854^th of 1974 public high schools	56.7%	78	48.2	73.5	57.6	58.3	67.0								$9,014
Pathways Academic Campus	Public	9-12	1322 Stagecoach Rd	Killeen	76542	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 336-7250	282	22	12.6	69.9%	32 (11.3%)	124 (44.0%)	95 (33.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	20 (7.1%)	11.9	1801^st of 2057 public high schools	12.4%		7.3	1823^rd of 1974 public high schools	7.6%	22	42.1	37.5	9.5	21.4	44.2								$10,574
Rogers High School	Public	9-12	210 Alvin Ailey	Rogers	76569	Bell County	Rogers Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 642-3224	271	25	10.6	36.2%	164 (60.5%)	1 (0.4%)	103 (38.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	58.7	741^st of 2057 public high schools	64.0%		53.2	827^th of 1974 public high schools	58.1%	86	25.0	88.7	70.2	58.9	71.4								$11,714
Bell County Daep	Public	6-12	1 Eagle Dr	Rogers	76569	Bell County	Rogers Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 642-3802	1				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Salado High School	Public	9-12	1880 Williams Rd	Salado	76571	Bell County	Salado Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 947-6900	769	49	15.7	17.4%	524 (68.1%)	7 (0.9%)	198 (25.7%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.4%)	62	641^st of 2057 public high schools	68.8%		70.8	395^th of 1974 public high schools	80.0%	246	36.4	80.8	66.3	70.2	72.4								$10,362
Temple High School	Public	9-12	415 N 31st St	Temple	76504	Bell County	Temple Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 215-7000	2,320	169	13.7	66.0%	484 (20.9%)	551 (23.8%)	1,122 (48.4%)	49 (2.1%)	7 (0.3%)	5 (0.2%)	102 (4.4%)	33.3	1441^st of 2057 public high schools	29.9%		30.6	1380^th of 1974 public high schools	30.1%	61	37.6	55.2	44.6	47.9	63.1								$10,355
Fred W Edwards Academy Aec	Public	9-12	300 S 27th St	Temple	76504	Bell County	Temple Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 215-6944	77	7	11.3	67.5%	16 (20.8%)	16 (20.8%)	40 (51.9%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	2 (2.6%)	16.5	1736^th of 2057 public high schools	15.6%		14.8	1698^th of 1974 public high schools	14.0%	38	70.0	66.7	12.5	22.7	40.5								$15,302
Troy High School	Public	9-12	205 N Waco Rd	Troy	76579	Bell County	Troy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 938-2561	502	32	15.7	40.8%	316 (62.9%)	9 (1.8%)	153 (30.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.0%)	53.2	892^nd of 2057 public high schools	56.6%		60.8	652^nd of 1974 public high schools	67.0%	240	39.2	74.6	54.5	65.2	73.0								$9,417

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