Best Elementary Schools in Texas

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 4651)	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
671	Lowery Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15950 Rdg Park Dr	Houston	77095	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5900	660	45	14.6	59.4%	162 (24.5%)	95 (14.4%)	316 (47.9%)	37 (5.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.0%)	$10,168							82.3	75.5	929	258		481611005686
672	Corey Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy	Public	K-5	5200 Kelly Elliott Rd	Arlington	76017	Tarrant County	Arlington Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(682) 867-3900	497	37	13.2	32.8%	181 (36.4%)	46 (9.3%)	244 (49.1%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.8%)	$11,137							82.3	89.1	403	269		480870005845
673	Great Hearts Monte Vista	Public, Charter	K-5	211 Belknap Place	San Antonio	78212	Bexar County	Great Hearts Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 888-9485	468	22	21.2	27.4%	173 (37.0%)	10 (2.1%)	264 (56.4%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$10,594							82.3	86.6	519	154		480144112996
674	Briarmeadow Charter	Public	PK, KG-8	3601 Dunvale	Houston	77063	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 458-5500	591	35	16.9	42.8%	156 (26.4%)	71 (12.0%)	158 (26.7%)	174 (29.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.9%)	$8,609							82.3	64.4	1391	717		482364008611
675	Richard E Cavazos Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 N 10th St	Nolanville	76559	Bell County	Killeen Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 336-7000	567	37	15.1	57.5%	185 (32.6%)	94 (16.6%)	223 (39.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	51 (9.0%)	$12,659							82.2	81.7	693	18		482566012047
676	Lexington Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2335 Dulles Ave	Missouri City	77459	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 634-5000	506	35	14.3	43.3%	79 (15.6%)	146 (28.9%)	81 (16.0%)	154 (30.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (8.7%)	$10,843							82.2	77.9	838	162		481965006955
677	Wernli Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1881 Arcadia Path	San Antonio	78245	Bexar County	Northside Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(210) 398-2450	737	49	15	35.3%	110 (14.9%)	116 (15.7%)	421 (57.1%)	15 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (10.0%)	$9,350							82.2	75.5	928	251		483312013791
678	Carpenter Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4410 Rr 967	Buda	78610	Hays County	Hays Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 268-8509	550	37	14.8	16.2%	302 (54.9%)	8 (1.5%)	201 (36.5%)	13 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.4%)	$8,140							82.2	89.9	379	299		480001011534
679	Dan Christie Elementary	Public	K-5	6505 Crutchfield Rd	Aubrey	76227	Denton County	Prosper Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(469) 219-2410	1,016	64	15.8	10.2%	128 (12.6%)	172 (16.9%)	95 (9.4%)	535 (52.7%)	27 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (5.8%)	$7,088							82.1	81.4	706	27		483600022802
680	Rustic Oak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1302 Rustic Ln	Pearland	77581	Brazoria County	Pearland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 482-5400	645	41	15.5	30.2%	319 (49.5%)	42 (6.5%)	200 (31.0%)	56 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.3%)	$7,541							82.1	86.1	532	148		483444003116

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR Reading, STAAR Mathematics, STAAR Science 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.