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
1991	B H Freeman At Golden Meadows Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1726 Travis St	Garland	75042	Dallas County	Garland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 494-8373	643	40	16.1	91.8%	43 (6.7%)	60 (9.3%)	513 (79.8%)	18 (2.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	$10,633							52.5	39	2897	906		482034002025
1992	Lee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12900 W Little York Rd	Houston	77041	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 849-8281	780	57	13.7	76.8%	71 (9.1%)	108 (13.8%)	509 (65.3%)	70 (9.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.6%)	$9,624							52.5	55.6	1844	148		481611010732
1993	Kenneth Davis Elementary	Public	K-4	900 Eden Rd	Arlington	76001	Tarrant County	Mansfield Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 299-7840	335	31	10.8	73.4%	53 (15.8%)	147 (43.9%)	94 (28.1%)	19 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.3%)	$12,962							52.5	45.3	2491	498		482892009050
1994	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							52.5	61.4	1529	465		482410002685
1995	Long Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2601 N 7th	Harlingen	78550	Cameron County	Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 427-3140	475	34	14	73.5%	16 (3.4%)	2 (0.4%)	455 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$10,362							52.4	37.4	2995	1000		482253006115
1996	Howard Norman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	101 Llano River Trail	Hutto	78634	Williamson County	Hutto Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 759-5480	554	40	13.8	40.8%	190 (34.3%)	77 (13.9%)	224 (40.4%)	20 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.8%)	$8,392							52.4	35.6	3113	1117		482410013207
1997	Park Place Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8235 Park Pl Blvd	Houston	77017	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 845-7458	686	43	16	92.1%	7 (1.0%)	22 (3.2%)	552 (80.5%)	97 (14.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$9,052							52.4	54.5	1910	87		482364002548
1998	Crockett Elementary	Public	K-5	4500 Barkaloo Rd	Baytown	77521	Harris County	Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 420-4645	545	38	14.1	77.1%	59 (10.8%)	95 (17.4%)	377 (69.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.2%)	$8,896							52.4	53.2	1976	22		482115005731
1999	McClendon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Fm 1138 N	Nevada	75173	Collin County	Community Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 843-6800	548	30	18.3	60.8%	184 (33.6%)	6 (1.1%)	334 (60.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	$10,099							52.4	57.2	1732	267		481485000986
2000	Newcastle School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	505 Washington Ave	Newcastle	76372	Young County	Newcastle Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(940) 846-3531	227	25	9.1	62.1%	186 (81.9%)	1 (0.4%)	32 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	$10,435							52.4	41.9	2737	737		483270011372

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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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