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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1974)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
321	McKinney Boyd High School	Public	9-12	600 Lk Forest Dr	McKinney	75070	Collin County	McKinney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 302-3400	2,547	160	15.8	19.3%	1,343 (52.7%)	289 (11.3%)	611 (24.0%)	188 (7.4%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	110 (4.3%)	$8,058							74.2	78.8	234	87		482985010501
322	Iltexas Aggieland High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2611 Texas Ave S	College Station	77840	Brazos County	International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 701-2455	224	27	8.4	39.3%	81 (36.2%)	19 (8.5%)	105 (46.9%)	12 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	5 (2.2%)	$18,030							74.1	74.1	329	7		480144014101
323	Shadow Creek High School	Public	9-12	11850 Broadway	Pearland	77584	Brazoria County	Alvin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 245-3800	2,599	151	17.2	29.2%	317 (12.2%)	1,038 (39.9%)	479 (18.4%)	655 (25.2%)	6 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	101 (3.9%)	$8,110							74.1	72.4	371	48		480809013109
324	Lake Creek High School	Public	9-12	20639 Fm 2854	Montgomery	77316	Montgomery County	Montgomery Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 276-4000	1,692	99	17	20.3%	1,220 (72.1%)	35 (2.1%)	352 (20.8%)	24 (1.4%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	55 (3.3%)	$7,909							74.1	73.5	350	26		483126013386
325	Centerville High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	10327 N St Hwy 94	Groveton	75845	Trinity County	Centerville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 642-1597	145	16	9.1	39.3%	143 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,482							74.1	76.6	283	42		481338000839
326	La Vernia High School	Public	9-12	225 Bluebonnet Rd	La Vernia	78121	Wilson County	La Vernia Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 779-6630	1,072	60	17.7	23.7%	638 (59.5%)	6 (0.6%)	399 (37.2%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.8%)	$8,411							74	75.3	309	17		482631002968
327	Yes Prep - Southwest	Public, Charter	6-12	4411 Anderson Rd	Houston	77053	Harris County	Yes Prep Public Schools Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 967-9200	1,060	58	18.3	92.4%	6 (0.6%)	51 (4.8%)	1,001 (94.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,438							73.9	65.5	545	218		480020910714
328	Eastwood High School	Public	9-12	2430 McRae Blvd	El Paso	79925	El Paso County	Ysleta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 434-4000	2,295	143	16	55.6%	86 (3.7%)	18 (0.8%)	2,176 (94.8%)	12 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	$8,977							73.8	73.6	345	17		484668005315
329	McLean School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	600 Rowe St	McLean	79057	Gray County	McLean Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 779-2301	182	19	9.6	68.7%	135 (74.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	$12,476							73.8	69.2	451	122		482988003364
330	Pieper High School	Public	9-12	1400 Kinder Pkwy	San Antonio	78260	Bexar County	Comal Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 221-2000	2,093	115	18.1	14.3%	942 (45.0%)	105 (5.0%)	870 (41.6%)	56 (2.7%)	7 (0.3%)	11 (0.5%)	102 (4.9%)	$8,040							73.8	80.6	200	130		481473012276

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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 June 25, 2025, 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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.