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
601	Challenger Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	9434 Hughes Ranch Rd	Pearland	77581	Brazoria County	Pearland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 485-7912	614	40	15.5	38.9%	153 (24.9%)	140 (22.8%)	173 (28.2%)	103 (16.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.0%)	$8,237							84.2	85.1	568	33		483444003114
602	Barbara Cockrell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	3500 McHard Rd	Pearland	77581	Brazoria County	Pearland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 736-6600	741	48	15.5	43.2%	172 (23.2%)	52 (7.0%)	421 (56.8%)	68 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.6%)	$8,343							84.2	87.1	493	109		483444011483
603	Ruben Hinojosa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4205 Los Indios Pkwy	Mission	78572	Hidalgo County	Sharyland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 584-4990	472	29	16.3	55.1%	19 (4.0%)	4 (0.8%)	430 (91.1%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	$8,955							84.2	89.8	383	220		483993009591
604	Sst Sugarland	Public, Charter	PK, KG-7	10007 Clodine Rd	Richmond	77407	Fort Bend County	School Of Science And Technology Discovery	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 277-7923	739	46	15.9	71.9%	34 (4.6%)	352 (47.6%)	249 (33.7%)	96 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)	$10,959							84.2	84.1	613	9		480140013693
605	Frank Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9225 Crescent Clover Dr	Klein	77379	Harris County	Klein Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(832) 375-7000	692	49	13.9	32.1%	254 (36.7%)	115 (16.6%)	220 (31.8%)	63 (9.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.3%)	$8,853							84.1	90.5	354	251		482574011542
606	Keenan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	19180 Keenan Cut Off	Montgomery	77316	Montgomery County	Montgomery Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 276-5500	713	46	15.3	22.4%	557 (78.1%)	18 (2.5%)	108 (15.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.2%)	$7,636							84.1	82	684	78		483126013384
607	East Cliff Elementary	Public	1-5	1140 Broadway	Portland	78374	San Patricio County	Gregory-Portland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 777-4255	474	35	13.5	41.6%	211 (44.5%)	2 (0.4%)	219 (46.2%)	24 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$10,563							84.1	78.3	821	214		482178002198
608	Sst The Woodlands	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	27440 Kuykendahl Rd	Tomball	77375	Harris County	School Of Science And Technology	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 255-0483	559	35	15.9	43.8%	65 (11.6%)	91 (16.3%)	353 (63.1%)	36 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.3%)	$12,150							84.1	84.2	604	4		480025813512
609	Cambridge Elementary	Public	1-5	1001 Townsend Ave	San Antonio	78209	Bexar County	Alamo Heights Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 822-3611	806	61	13.2	27.9%	354 (43.9%)	15 (1.9%)	381 (47.3%)	18 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.6%)	$10,362							84	84.2	606	3		480759000047
610	Hallettsville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	308 N Ridge St	Hallettsville	77964	Lavaca County	Hallettsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 798-2242	465	32	14.4	37.4%	358 (77.0%)	32 (6.9%)	45 (9.7%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.9%)	$8,535							84	86.7	514	96		482212002222

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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.