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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
1291	Deweyville High School	Public	6-12	171 Hwy 12 W	Orange	77632	Newton County	Deweyville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 746-2685	294	32	9.2	52.0%	259 (88.1%)	3 (1.0%)	22 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$13,918							34.1	44.6	1060	231		481701001473
1292	Life School Oak Cliff	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4400 S R L Thornton Frwy	Dallas	75224	Dallas County	Life School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(214) 376-8200	1,483	88	16.8	81.5%	18 (1.2%)	778 (52.5%)	662 (44.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (1.6%)	$10,155							34.1	32.2	1362	70		480005507849
1293	Somerset Academy Brooks	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3803 Global Way	San Antonio	78235	Bexar County	Somerset Academies Of Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 633-9006	1,227	55	22.4	74.7%	55 (4.5%)	32 (2.6%)	1,118 (91.1%)	14 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.5%)	$22,949							34.1	31.7	1370	77		480026811128
1294	North Forney High School	Public	9-12	6170 Falcon Way	Forney	75126	Kaufman County	Forney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 762-4210	2,648	158	16.7	51.9%	336 (12.7%)	1,382 (52.2%)	731 (27.6%)	70 (2.6%)	9 (0.3%)	9 (0.3%)	111 (4.2%)	$9,438							34	37	1258	36		481956010867
1295	Wells School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	160 Rusk Ave	Wells	75976	Cherokee County	Wells Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 867-4400	239	21	11.2	65.7%	182 (76.2%)	18 (7.5%)	26 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.4%)	$11,420							34	37.7	1238	57		484494005116
1296	Bynum School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	704 Toliver Ave	Bynum	76631	Hill County	Bynum Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 531-2341	187	19	9.7	46.5%	106 (56.7%)	7 (3.7%)	65 (34.8%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	$12,497							33.9	71.1	396	900		481236000730
1297	Hull-Daisetta High School	Public	9-12	117 N Main Hwy 770	Daisetta	77533	Liberty County	Hull-Daisetta Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 536-6321	105	16	6.5	63.8%	73 (69.5%)	15 (14.3%)	12 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.8%)	$21,716							33.9	28.5	1434	137		482388002640
1298	Gary W Campbell High School	Public	10-12	3507 S Houston St	Kaufman	75142	Kaufman County	Kaufman Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 932-8789	13	6	2.2	76.9%	4 (30.8%)	1 (7.7%)	6 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (15.4%)	$62,381							33.9	10.5	1779	481		482520009321
1299	Silsbee High School	Public	9-12	1575 Hwy 96 N	Silsbee	77656	Hardin County	Silsbee Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 980-7877	789	63	12.5	59.9%	516 (65.4%)	155 (19.6%)	62 (7.9%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (6.2%)	$11,076							33.9	30.1	1405	106		484023004562
1300	Hardin High School	Public	9-12	501 Fm 834 E	Hardin	77561	Liberty County	Hardin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 298-2118	396	23	17.3	48.7%	292 (73.7%)	10 (2.5%)	74 (18.7%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.5%)	$9,620							33.9	42.3	1124	176		482238002245

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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.