Best Elementary Schools in Texas

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 4647)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
480870000262	3731	Short Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2000 California Ln	Arlington	76015	Tarrant County	Arlington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 867-5850	390	30	12.9	85.9%	64 (16.4%)	131 (33.6%)	164 (42.1%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.2%)	$10,914			$915			$9,999	24.5	28.1	3476	255
480016314319	3732	Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	609 Pecan St	Bastrop	78602	Bastrop County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(737) 500-0600	103	10	10	35.0%	58 (56.3%)	1 (1.0%)	38 (36.9%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.9%)								24.5			(n/a)
482364002516	3733	Law Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12401 S Coast Dr	Houston	77047	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 732-3630	514	22	23.2	91.2%	8 (1.6%)	330 (64.2%)	169 (32.9%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$9,417			$913			$8,504	24.5	31.1	3308	425
481641010884	3734	Kimmie M Brown Elementary	Public	K-5	151 Brown Rd	Dayton	77535	Liberty County	Dayton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 257-2796	845	54	15.7	82.2%	348 (41.2%)	47 (5.6%)	425 (50.3%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.2%)	$9,333			$985			$8,349	24.5	19.3	3984	250
481623001240	3735	S S Conner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3037 Greenmeadow Dr	Dallas	75228	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-8200	620	37	16.7	97.6%	12 (1.9%)	244 (39.4%)	335 (54.0%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	$11,137			$1,383			$9,754	24.5	18.2	4043	308
480813000176	3736	San Jacinto Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3400 W 4th	Amarillo	79106	Potter County	Amarillo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 326-5200	441	31	14.4	95.2%	105 (23.8%)	90 (20.4%)	217 (49.2%)	9 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.9%)	$12,212			$2,272			$9,940	24.4	27.6	3504	232
484110004695	3737	Spring Shadows Elementary	Public	K-5	9725 Kempwood Dr	Houston	77080	Harris County	Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 251-7100	600	43	14	91.3%	25 (4.2%)	126 (21.0%)	433 (72.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$11,862			$1,796			$10,066	24.4	26.2	3596	141
483057003446	3738	Long Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4200 Cedar Spring Dr	Midland	79703	Midland County	Midland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 240-7400	667	37	18.1	79.9%	49 (7.3%)	23 (3.4%)	549 (82.3%)	29 (4.3%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	10 (1.5%)	$9,952			$816			$9,137	24.4	33.4	3159	579
483873004397	3739	Smith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	823 S Gevers St	San Antonio	78203	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 228-3360	254	19	13.3	96.9%	8 (3.1%)	21 (8.3%)	224 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$13,761			$2,736			$11,025	24.4	11.9	4334	595
484002008013	3740	Shepherd Intermediate	Public	3-5	420 Railroad Ave	Shepherd	77371	San Jacinto County	Shepherd Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 628-6764	400	23	17.2	83.8%	190 (47.5%)	15 (3.8%)	172 (43.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.5%)	$10,121			$2,027			$8,095	24.4	24.9	3660	80

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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 August 25, 2023, 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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