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
1211	Deerwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2920 Forest Garden Dr	Kingwood	77345	Harris County	Humble Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 641-2200	641	40	16	23.7%	351 (54.8%)	48 (7.5%)	175 (27.3%)	36 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.5%)	$10,132							68	66.5	1285	74		482391006124
1212	Iltexas Keller Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	2301 Heritage Trace Pkwy	Fort Worth	76177	Tarrant County	International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas)	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 665-0646	935	54	17.2	42.7%	142 (15.2%)	189 (20.2%)	330 (35.3%)	220 (23.5%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (5.0%)	$7,767							68	70.9	1095	117		480144013155
1213	Harmony Science Academy - Plano	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	550 Talbert Dr	Plano	75075	Collin County	Harmony Public Schools - North Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 596-0041	627	35	17.6	57.6%	153 (24.4%)	184 (29.3%)	128 (20.4%)	140 (22.3%)	6 (1.0%)	5 (0.8%)	11 (1.8%)	$10,778							68	75.3	932	281		480029213498
1214	Kennedy Zapata Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3809 S Espejo-Molina Rd	Laredo	78046	Webb County	United Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 473-4100	336	27	12.5	97.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	336 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,520							68	54.5	1912	698		484365007150
1215	Alfred Sorensen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 E Sam Houston	San Juan	78589	Hidalgo County	Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 354-2910	583	35	16.7	84.6%	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	574 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,213							67.9	57.2	1733	518		483486003923
1216	Sam Rayburn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9363 E Fm 273	Ivanhoe	75447	Fannin County	Sam Rayburn Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 664-2005	261	26	10.2	53.3%	216 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.0%)	$10,919							67.9	77.7	846	370		483864004293
1217	C J Harris Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2314 Schleider Dr	Pearland	77581	Brazoria County	Pearland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 485-4024	549	39	14.2	49.2%	158 (28.8%)	97 (17.7%)	233 (42.4%)	39 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)	$8,575							67.9	57.4	1727	510		483444003862
1218	Madisonville Intermediate	Public	3-5	926 Raney Ln	Madisonville	77864	Madison County	Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 348-2921	513	36	14.2	71.9%	213 (41.5%)	66 (12.9%)	204 (39.8%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	$9,128							67.9	58.7	1664	446		482871005774
1219	Elrod Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	6230 Dumfries Dr	Houston	77096	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 778-3330	742	42	17.6	98.0%	11 (1.5%)	128 (17.3%)	584 (78.7%)	16 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$8,903							67.8	48.7	2251	1032		482364002450
1220	Cross Timbers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	831 Jackson Trl	Azle	76020	Parker County	Azle Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 444-3802	416	29	14.3	61.1%	243 (58.4%)	5 (1.2%)	145 (34.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.1%)	$8,601							67.7	73	1019	201		480920008042

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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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