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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
1511	Ranger High School	Public	9-12	1842 Loop 254 E	Ranger	76470	Eastland County	Ranger Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 647-3216	72	12	6	73.6%	46 (63.9%)	1 (1.4%)	21 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$22,286							25.1	28.6	1432	79		483648004090
1512	Itasca High School	Public	9-12	123 N College	Itasca	76055	Hill County	Itasca Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 687-2922	210	23	9.1	66.2%	87 (41.4%)	14 (6.7%)	103 (49.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	$15,747							25.1	32.9	1352	160		482448002743
1513	Somerville High School	Public	8-12	570 8th St	Somerville	77879	Burleson County	Somerville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 596-1534	207	18	11.6	77.8%	78 (37.7%)	32 (15.5%)	83 (40.1%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	$13,539							25.1	28.3	1435	78		484077004626
1514	Horn High School	Public	9-12	3300 E Cartwright Rd	Mesquite	75181	Dallas County	Mesquite Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 882-5200	2,757	201	13.7	73.7%	135 (4.9%)	1,156 (41.9%)	1,356 (49.2%)	27 (1.0%)	12 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	69 (2.5%)	$8,929							25.1	28.2	1439	75		483039008764
1515	Boys Ranch High School	Public	9-12	27 Julian Bivins Blvd	Boys Ranch	79010	Oldham County	Boys Ranch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 534-0032	88	23	3.7		50 (56.8%)	13 (14.8%)	21 (23.9%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	$32,191							25	38.5	1209	306		481104000571
1516	Iltexas Lancaster Desoto High School	Public, Charter	9-12	901 N Polk St Ste 101	Desoto	75115	Dallas County	International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(469) 786-2850	191	22	8.8	83.2%	4 (2.1%)	65 (34.0%)	113 (59.2%)	3 (1.6%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	$22,435							25	25.1	1521	5		480144013759
1517	East Central High School	Public	9-12	7173 Fm 1628	San Antonio	78263	Bexar County	East Central Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 649-2951	3,362	181	18.5	66.7%	396 (11.8%)	381 (11.3%)	2,473 (73.6%)	17 (0.5%)	5 (0.1%)	5 (0.1%)	85 (2.5%)	$9,366							25	23.2	1559	42		481785001554
1518	Wisdom High School	Public	9-12	6529 Beverly Hill Ln	Houston	77057	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 787-1700	1,965	139	14	96.1%	154 (7.8%)	247 (12.6%)	1,346 (68.5%)	182 (9.3%)	5 (0.3%)	4 (0.2%)	27 (1.4%)	$9,295							24.9	9.3	1804	286		482364002518
1519	Jay High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	7611 Marbach Rd	San Antonio	78227	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 397-2700	2,118	155	13.6	71.7%	136 (6.4%)	98 (4.6%)	1,818 (85.8%)	20 (0.9%)	3 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	39 (1.8%)	$11,627							24.9	28.2	1444	75		483312003706
1520	Taft High School	Public	9-12	502 Rincon Rd	Taft	78390	San Patricio County	Taft Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 528-2636	249	23	10.6	79.9%	27 (10.8%)	2 (0.8%)	217 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$14,387							24.8	27.9	1450	70		484206004791

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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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