Best Elementary Schools in Texas

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 4651)	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
2591	Petrosky Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	6703 Winkleman	Houston	77083	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8366	515	48	10.8	84.9%	49 (9.5%)	156 (30.3%)	231 (44.9%)	71 (13.8%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,023							42.7	56	1816	775		480783005385
2592	Hemmenway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	20400 W Little York	Katy	77449	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 856-9870	947	63	15.1	88.6%	54 (5.7%)	261 (27.6%)	562 (59.3%)	26 (2.7%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.1%)	$7,768							42.7	36.2	3078	486		481611011956
2593	L B Johnson Elementary	Public	K-5	6401 Amber Dr	Odessa	79762	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1289	475	23	20.5	77.9%	85 (17.9%)	21 (4.4%)	351 (73.9%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	$7,645							42.7	34	3213	620		481800006687
2594	Emerson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 N Cleveland	Amarillo	79107	Potter County	Amarillo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 326-4350	500	35	14.3	95.0%	27 (5.4%)	14 (2.8%)	450 (90.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$8,996							42.7	57.1	1749	845		480813000154
2595	Central Athens	Public	PK, KG-5	307 Madole St	Athens	75751	Henderson County	Athens Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 677-6960	568	34	16.5	78.5%	185 (32.6%)	100 (17.6%)	238 (41.9%)	16 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.1%)	$7,292							42.7	39.7	2855	260		480887000282
2596	Golden Rule Southwest	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	10747 Bruton Rd	Dallas	75217	Dallas County	Golden Rule Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 248-4463	214	17	12.6	96.7%	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	213 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,615							42.7	48.6	2260	336		480023712372
2597	H G Temple Intermediate	Public	3-5	1301 Lumberjack Dr	Diboll	75941	Angelina County	Diboll Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 829-6900	309	26	11.9	70.6%	106 (34.3%)	33 (10.7%)	160 (51.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	$10,037							42.6	42.7	2682	85		481704012889
2598	Garden Oaks Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	901 Sue Barnett Dr	Houston	77018	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 696-2930	763	44	17.2	42.7%	187 (24.5%)	45 (5.9%)	440 (57.7%)	43 (5.6%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (5.5%)	$8,881							42.6	45.9	2453	145		482364002463
2599	Hanby Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	480 Gross Rd	Mesquite	75149	Dallas County	Mesquite Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 882-5040	768	48	15.9	90.6%	36 (4.7%)	134 (17.4%)	575 (74.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.6%)	$9,019							42.6	53.1	1983	616		483039003407
2600	Remynse Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2720 Fall Dr	Grand Prairie	75052	Tarrant County	Arlington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(682) 867-0500	394	36	11	89.3%	17 (4.3%)	96 (24.4%)	260 (66.0%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$12,584							42.6	45.2	2496	104		480870009034

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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 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.