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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
881	Creekview High School	Public	9-12	3201 Old Denton Rd	Carrollton	75007	Denton County	Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 968-4800	1,686	115	14.6	54.9%	262 (15.5%)	193 (11.4%)	969 (57.5%)	182 (10.8%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (4.3%)	$10,963							51.1	52.5	877	4		481305007852
882	Citylab High School	Public	9-12	912 S Ervay St	Dallas	75201	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-2702	150	9	16	81.3%	17 (11.3%)	25 (16.7%)	105 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	$13,109							51	47.8	990	108		481623013553
883	Founders Classical Academy Of Schertz	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8453 E Fm 1518 N	Schertz	78154	Bexar County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	774	50	15.3	31.4%	369 (47.7%)	33 (4.3%)	292 (37.7%)	10 (1.3%)	8 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	60 (7.8%)	$9,125							51	53.2	860	23		480016313495
884	Klein Collins High School	Public	9-12	20811 Ella Blvd	Klein	77388	Harris County	Klein Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 484-5500	3,360	208	16.1	48.5%	881 (26.2%)	671 (20.0%)	1,427 (42.5%)	237 (7.1%)	9 (0.3%)	7 (0.2%)	128 (3.8%)	$8,971							50.9	52.2	883	1		482574008631
885	Devine High School	Public	9-12	1225 W Hondo	Devine	78016	Medina County	Devine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 851-0895	551	42	13.2	46.6%	163 (29.6%)	2 (0.4%)	374 (67.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	$8,567							50.9	45.6	1041	156		481695001469
886	Lapoynor High School	Public	9-12	13155 Hwy 175 E	Larue	75770	Henderson County	Lapoynor Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(903) 876-2373	167	21	8.1	47.9%	138 (82.6%)	11 (6.6%)	16 (9.6%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,493							50.9	49.1	959	73		482622002959
887	United South High School	Public	9-12	4001 Ave Los Presidentes	Laredo	78046	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 473-5400	3,252	194	16.7	82.3%	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	3,237 (99.5%)	7 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,217							50.9	41	1154	267		484365006922
888	Dr Thomas E Randle High School	Public	9-12	7600 Koeblen Rd	Richmond	77469	Fort Bend County	Lamar Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 223-5800	1,966	95	20.7	45.3%	191 (9.7%)	692 (35.2%)	847 (43.1%)	170 (8.6%)	6 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	57 (2.9%)	$8,562							50.9	56	794	94		482658013860
889	Uplift Summit Prep High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1305 N Center St	Arlington	76011	Tarrant County	Uplift Education	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 287-5121	436	32	13.4	76.1%	20 (4.6%)	126 (28.9%)	253 (58.0%)	18 (4.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.9%)	$11,151							50.8	52.4	879	10		480003012175
890	Forney High School	Public	9-12	1800 Fm 741 S	Forney	75126	Kaufman County	Forney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 762-4200	2,582	157	16.4	29.5%	913 (35.4%)	721 (27.9%)	782 (30.3%)	53 (2.1%)	8 (0.3%)	7 (0.3%)	98 (3.8%)	$9,000							50.7	60.5	675	215		481956001810

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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.