Best Elementary Schools in Texas

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2026 vs 2025)					ID
Rank (of 4627)	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 (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Rank (2025)	Rank Change from 2025	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	ID
2041	Frontier Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5200 Airline Dr	Angleton	77515	Brazoria County	Angleton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 864-8005	430	31	13.8	50.5%	146 (34.0%)	81 (18.8%)	187 (43.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.7%)	$9,889							51.4	59.7	1596	445		480831021127
2042	Willbern Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10811 Goodspring Dr	Houston	77064	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 897-3820	831	57	14.7	76.3%	56 (6.7%)	187 (22.5%)	439 (52.8%)	116 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.0%)	$8,977							51.4	62.9	1439	603		481611001248
2043	Mary Branch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2040 W Villa Maria Rd	Bryan	77807	Brazos County	Bryan Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 209-2900	470	32	14.5	81.5%	77 (16.4%)	127 (27.0%)	231 (49.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.8%)	$9,940							51.4	43	2573	530		481179021013
2044	Eduardo Mata Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-8	7420 La Vista	Dallas	75204	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-7500	720	51	14.2	66.7%	123 (17.1%)	46 (6.4%)	528 (73.3%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	$11,085							51.3	51.1	2073	29		481623007569
2045	Landry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	265 Red River Trl	Irving	75063	Dallas County	Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 968-2100	474	35	13.6	58.4%	36 (7.6%)	217 (45.8%)	76 (16.0%)	98 (20.7%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.2%)	$9,152							51.3	32.7	3279	1234		481305007243
2046	La Paloma Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	35076 Padilla St	San Benito	78586	Cameron County	San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 361-6780	474	29	16.5	88.2%	13 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	458 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,351							51.3	51.5	2057	11		483879005919
2047	Horizon Montessori - Stem Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	320 N Main St	McAllen	78501	Hidalgo County	Horizon Montessori Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 631-0234	331	22	15.2	81.3%	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	322 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$10,546							51.2	54.2	1897	150		480006510814
2048	Natha Howell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1324 King's Hwy	Fort Worth	76117	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-9300	349	21	16.2	96.0%	17 (4.9%)	20 (5.7%)	304 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	$11,115							51.2	34.9	3131	1083		481970001891
2049	Hutto Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Mager Ln	Hutto	78634	Williamson County	Hutto Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 759-2094	820	50	16.2	34.8%	259 (31.6%)	111 (13.5%)	348 (42.4%)	48 (5.9%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.9%)	$7,423							51.2	52.5	1994	55		482410002685
2050	Gause Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	400 College	Gause	77857	Milam County	Gause Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 279-5891	134	14	9.5	76.9%	41 (30.6%)	9 (6.7%)	77 (57.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.2%)	$13,988							51.2	42	2637	587		482052002063

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR Reading, STAAR Mathematics test scores released by the Texas Education Agency.
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