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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
1671	Options High School	Public	9-12	12380 Pine Springs	El Paso	79928	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-1300	136	11	12.4	80.1%	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	130 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$32,187							16.7	21.5	1597	74		484071011496
1672	Premier H S - Wichita Falls	Public, Charter	9-12	2201 Kemp Blvd	Wichita Falls	76309	Wichita County	Premier High Schools	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(940) 350-9434	88	7	13	73.9%	51 (58.0%)	8 (9.1%)	23 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.8%)	$13,178							16.6	33	1350	322		480020722830
1673	Lasara High School	Public	9-12	11932 Jones St	Lasara	78561	Willacy County	Lasara Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 642-3271	105	14	7.5	81.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	105 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,912							16.6	26.3	1489	184		482685011951
1674	Idea Montopolis College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-12	1701 Vargas Rd	Austin	78741	Travis County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 646-2800	835	43	19.5	88.3%	36 (4.3%)	29 (3.5%)	759 (90.9%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,452							16.5	24.7	1530	144		480021112940
1675	Elgin High School	Public	9-12	14000 County Line Rd	Elgin	78621	Travis County	Elgin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 281-3438	1,771	93	19	71.4%	195 (11.0%)	178 (10.1%)	1,345 (75.9%)	7 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	40 (2.3%)	$8,627							16.4	20.3	1620	55		481836001728
1676	Memorial High School	Public	9-12	1227 Memorial St	San Antonio	78228	Bexar County	Edgewood Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 898-4110	846	58	14.6	94.1%	4 (0.5%)	15 (1.8%)	794 (93.9%)	26 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	$11,422							16.4	19.9	1626	50		481815001628
1677	Del Valle High School	Public	9-12	5201 Ross Rd	Del Valle	78617	Travis County	Del Valle Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 386-3200	3,641	215	16.9	89.2%	130 (3.6%)	344 (9.4%)	3,072 (84.4%)	41 (1.1%)	4 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	49 (1.3%)	$9,094							16.1	14.8	1703	26		481662001424
1678	La Joya High School	Public	9-12	604 N Coyote Blvd	La Joya	78560	Hidalgo County	La Joya Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 323-2330	2,405	164	14.6	93.1%	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	2,397 (99.7%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	$10,441							16	24.8	1526	152		482613002936
1679	Seagraves Schools	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1801 Ave K	Seagraves	79359	Gaines County	Seagraves Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 387-2520	525	45	11.5	80.2%	52 (9.9%)	18 (3.4%)	450 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$13,113							16	25.9	1499	180		483960004499
1680	Cooper Academy At Navarro	Public	9-12	623 S Pecos La Trinidad	San Antonio	78207	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 438-6810	318	24	13.2	91.8%	7 (2.2%)	16 (5.0%)	293 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$12,523							16	13	1732	52		483873012224

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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.