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
2991	Thornton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6450 Pembroke	San Antonio	78240	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 397-3950	573	43	13.3	57.1%	91 (15.9%)	37 (6.5%)	290 (50.6%)	99 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	55 (9.6%)	$11,742							37	43.5	2619	372		483312006769
2992	Lamar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1000 S Fifth Ave	Denison	75020	Grayson County	Denison Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 462-7400	425	31	13.9	63.5%	236 (55.5%)	38 (8.9%)	86 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (13.4%)	$8,186							37	43.8	2601	391		481671001438
2993	Mauriceville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	20040 F M 1130	Orange	77632	Orange County	Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 745-1615	507	44	11.4	68.4%	381 (75.1%)	5 (1.0%)	96 (18.9%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	$10,335							36.9	33	3273	280		482769003109
2994	Caddo Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7301 Fm 1902	Joshua	76058	Johnson County	Joshua Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 202-2500	611	37	16.5	67.9%	241 (39.4%)	7 (1.1%)	341 (55.8%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.8%)	$8,449							36.9	38.8	2909	85		482493010859
2995	Coahoma Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 N Main	Coahoma	79511	Howard County	Coahoma Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 394-5000	524	38	13.7	37.6%	269 (51.3%)	0 (0.0%)	243 (46.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$7,023							36.9	45.5	2473	522		481449000937
2996	Andre Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8111 Fry Rd	Cypress	77433	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5500	1,014	65	15.6	69.3%	83 (8.2%)	357 (35.2%)	457 (45.1%)	72 (7.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.2%)	$6,561							36.9	38.3	2937	59		481611011256
2997	Chapel Hill Preparatory-A Personalized Lrning School	Public	PK, KG-6	12701 Templeton Trl	Dallas	75234	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 794-2400	404	29	13.8	94.3%	17 (4.2%)	18 (4.5%)	360 (89.1%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$12,655							36.8	35.4	3123	126		481623001385
2998	Petersen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14404 Waterloo Dr	Houston	77045	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 434-5630	357	24	14.8	96.1%	1 (0.3%)	89 (24.9%)	259 (72.5%)	5 (1.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,623							36.8	42.3	2707	291		482364002554
2999	Liberty Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	11450 Liberty School Rd	Azle	76020	Tarrant County	Azle Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 444-1317	540	35	15.3	61.7%	361 (66.9%)	16 (3.0%)	135 (25.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.4%)	$8,122							36.8	33.4	3248	249		480920005401
3000	Coleman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	920 W Westhill Dr	Cleburne	76033	Johnson County	Cleburne Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 202-2030	434	31	14	62.9%	226 (52.1%)	20 (4.6%)	152 (35.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.5%)	22 (5.1%)	$10,353							36.8	36.9	3025	25		481431000919

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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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