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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
1531	North Dallas High School	Public	9-12	3120 N Haskell Ave	Dallas	75204	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 925-1500	1,300	81	16	91.1%	34 (2.6%)	358 (27.5%)	865 (66.5%)	20 (1.5%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (1.4%)	$10,977							24.4	24.7	1531			481623001324
1532	Premier H S Mesquite	Public, Charter	9-12	3733 W Emporium Cir	Mesquite	75150	Dallas County	Premier High Schools	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(972) 316-3663	103	4	24.4	89.3%	17 (16.5%)	29 (28.2%)	52 (50.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.9%)	$30,094							24.4	13.6	1729	197		480020722989
1533	Lewisville High School	Public	9-12	1098 W Main St	Lewisville	75067	Denton County	Lewisville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 713-5190	4,001	302	13.2	66.9%	442 (11.0%)	754 (18.8%)	2,429 (60.7%)	229 (5.7%)	18 (0.4%)	6 (0.1%)	123 (3.1%)	$9,200							24.4	28.2	1438	95		482730003072
1534	Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2826 Elsie Faye Heggins St	Dallas	75215	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 925-7600	580	44	13.1	96.9%	3 (0.5%)	406 (70.0%)	160 (27.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	$14,816							24.3	14.2	1719	185		481623001304
1535	University High School	Public	9-12	3201 S New Rd	Waco	76706	McLennan County	Waco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 756-1843	1,752	123	14.1	83.9%	85 (4.9%)	393 (22.4%)	1,243 (70.9%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	24 (1.4%)	$9,521							24.2	25.2	1518	17		484428005059
1536	Blanket School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	901 Ave H	Blanket	76432	Brown County	Blanket Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 748-5311	166	15	11	62.7%	110 (66.3%)	1 (0.6%)	53 (31.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$11,331							24.2	34.8	1312	224		481038005661
1537	Premier High School-Elementary Paso Mesa	Public, Charter	9-12	1035 Belvedere Ste 116	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	Premier High Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 581-4300	121	4	30.2	79.3%	22 (18.2%)	1 (0.8%)	94 (77.7%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	$9,912							24.1	16.2	1681	144		480020712102
1538	Dime Box School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1079 Stephen F Austin Blvd	Dime Box	77853	Lee County	Dime Box Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 884-2324	156	17	9.2	78.2%	42 (26.9%)	35 (22.4%)	71 (45.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.1%)	$14,046							24.1	19.8	1628	90		481713001486
1539	El Paso Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	11000 Argal Ct	El Paso	79935	El Paso County	El Paso Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 590-8589	206	6	34.3	79.6%	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	201 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$5,532							24.1	37.7	1240	299		480020508773
1540	Southwest Legacy High School	Public	9-12	4495 Verano Pkwy Bldg 100	Von Ormy	78073	Bexar County	Southwest Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 623-6539	2,250	127	17.7	89.9%	41 (1.8%)	92 (4.1%)	2,089 (92.8%)	12 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (0.6%)	$9,930							24.1	24.5	1537	3		484095012867

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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.