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Best Public Schools in Hale County, TX

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Schools

5,789

Students

Districts

Top rankedAbernathy Middle493^rd of 2,359 Texas middle schools

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Biggest riser

Akin Elementary up 6 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Cotton Center School 5.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Hale County Jjaep and 1 more

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)			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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Abernathy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	505 7th St	Abernathy	79311	Hale County	Abernathy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 298-4930	400	32	12.6	51.3%	197 (49.3%)	5 (1.3%)	195 (48.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	59.3	1645^th of 4643 public elementary schools	64.6%		60.7	1543^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	66.8%	102												57.9	53.5	63.8				32.9	53.5	58.0					$7,753
Abernathy High School	Public	9-12	505 7th St	Abernathy	79311	Hale County	Abernathy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 298-4902	237	26	9.1	46.4%	98 (41.4%)	4 (1.7%)	125 (52.7%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	47.9	1029^th of 2057 public high schools	50.0%		58.7	709^th of 1974 public high schools	64.1%	320							54.3	75.0	60.3	63.5	45.7														$14,572
Abernathy Middle	Public	6-8	505 7th St	Abernathy	79311	Hale County	Abernathy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 298-4921	171	15	11.2	45.6%	80 (46.8%)	6 (3.5%)	83 (48.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	71.2	493^rd of 2359 public middle schools	79.1%		75.3	424^th of 2344 public middle schools	81.9%	69							91.7								45.2	59.0	82.1				50.0	43.2	81.7	37.5	$10,246
Cotton Center School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2345 Fm 179	Cotton Center	79021	Hale County	Cotton Center Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 810-7410	100	17	5.8	62.0%	42 (42.0%)	1 (1.0%)	52 (52.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)								(n/a)										66.7	55.6	42.9	14.3	63.6	42.9	36.4	87.5	57.1	14.3	63.6	42.9	18.2	62.5	62.5	$15,423
Akin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	N Ave K	Hale Center	79041	Hale County	Hale Center Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 839-2121	226	20	11.1	84.5%	48 (21.2%)	1 (0.4%)	173 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	23.4	3869^th of 4643 public elementary schools	16.7%		22.6	3875^th of 4651 public elementary schools	16.7%	6												44.2	28.2					25.6	35.9						$9,240
Hale Center High School	Public	9-12	411 Owl Dr	Hale Center	79041	Hale County	Hale Center Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 839-2452	174	19	9.1	66.7%	32 (18.4%)	4 (2.3%)	134 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	42.5	1200^th of 2057 public high schools	41.7%		42.2	1101^st of 1974 public high schools	44.2%	99							33.3	63.5	53.9	73.2	50.0														$16,475
Carr Middle	Public	5-8	410 W 12th	Hale Center	79041	Hale County	Hale Center Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 839-2141	161	16	9.7	79.5%	22 (13.7%)	1 (0.6%)	138 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35.5	1561^st of 2359 public middle schools	33.8%		36.2	1521^st of 2344 public middle schools	35.1%	40							100.0							41.5	36.8	47.4	55.3			14.6	24.3	37.8	22.6	19.4	$10,083
Hale County J J A E P	Public	6-12	103 W Cleveland	Hale Center	79041	Hale County	Hale Center Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 839-2451	1			—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Petersburg School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1411 W 4th	Petersburg	79250	Hale County	Petersburg Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 667-3585	243	25	9.5	76.5%	64 (26.3%)	2 (0.8%)	173 (71.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)								(n/a)							47.1	50.0	62.5	52.6	66.7	23.5	71.4	37.5	42.9	28.6	50.0	23.5	71.4	12.5	64.3	0.0	68.0	5.0	$12,721
Hale County Jjaep	Public	6-10	1200 Houston St	Plainview	79073	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(806) 291-5230	18			72.2%	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	16 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	13.1	2222^nd of 2359 public middle schools	5.8%					(n/a)							0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0						16.7						20.0	16.7	$4,204
Plainview High School	Public	9-12	1501 Quincy St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 293-6005	1,418	113	12.5	72.9%	171 (12.1%)	43 (3.0%)	1,170 (82.5%)	12 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (1.2%)	31.2	1486^th of 2057 public high schools	27.8%		29	1425^th of 1974 public high schools	27.8%	61							21.1	60.3	45.2	51.3	54.6														$12,252
Plainview J H	Public	7-8	2200 W 20th St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 293-6015	634	48	13.1	73.8%	67 (10.6%)	25 (3.9%)	532 (83.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (0.9%)	25.3	1900^th of 2359 public middle schools	19.5%		32	1663^rd of 2344 public middle schools	29.1%	237							82.2									32.3	43.2					24.0	10.9	22.8	$8,616
Plainview Intermediate	Public	5-6	2501 Joliet St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 293-6020	554	42	13.1	84.1%	61 (11.0%)	28 (5.1%)	454 (81.9%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)								(n/a)														40.5	40.3					34.2	33.5				$9,988
North Elementary	Public	2-4	3300 Lexington St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 293-6060	492	31	16.0	87.4%	40 (8.1%)	9 (1.8%)	440 (89.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15.8	4266^th of 4643 public elementary schools	8.1%		28.7	3519^th of 4651 public elementary schools	24.3%	747	0.0	0.0		0.0								28.3	38.2					17.4	32.4						$9,415
Central Elementary	Public	2-4	800 Ennis St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 293-6035	505	33	15.3	80.8%	91 (18.0%)	11 (2.2%)	392 (77.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	42.4	2569^th of 4643 public elementary schools	44.7%		47	2319^th of 4651 public elementary schools	50.1%	250												30.0	52.8					36.1	57.0						$9,551
Plainview Early Learning Center	Public	PK, KG-1	605 S Garland St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 293-6055	456	28	16.0	84.9%	50 (11.0%)	18 (3.9%)	379 (83.1%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)								(n/a)																									$10,105
Ash High School	Public	9-12	908 Ash St	Plainview	79072	Hale County	Plainview Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(806) 293-6010	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	4.2	1940^th of 2057 public high schools	5.7%					(n/a)							0.0	25.0	9.1	18.2	33.3

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