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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
1021	Belton High School	Public	9-12	600 Lake Rd	Belton	76513	Bell County	Belton Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 215-2200	1,763	128	13.7	45.5%	703 (39.9%)	142 (8.1%)	772 (43.8%)	28 (1.6%)	8 (0.5%)	17 (1.0%)	93 (5.3%)	$10,006							45.9	46	1031	10		480986000454
1022	Fox Technical High School	Public, Magnet, Charter	9-12	637 N Main Ave	San Antonio	78205	Bexar County	San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(210) 738-9730	499	34	14.7	81.4%	20 (4.0%)	20 (4.0%)	457 (91.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$12,854							45.8	55.1	816	206		483873004350
1023	Chapin High School	Public	9-12	7000 Dyer St	El Paso	79904	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-4400	1,766	96	18.3	68.7%	175 (9.9%)	125 (7.1%)	1,345 (76.2%)	28 (1.6%)	8 (0.5%)	21 (1.2%)	64 (3.6%)	$8,156							45.8	44.2	1076	53		481830008776
1024	San Diego High School	Public	9-12	235 S Hwy 359	San Diego	78384	Duval County	San Diego Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(361) 279-3382	446	31	14.5	83.9%	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	437 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$12,054							45.7	43.8	1092	68		483882004430
1025	Texas Empowerment Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	3-12	5800 E Parmer Ln	Austin	78653	Travis County	Texas Empowerment Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 494-1076	413	24	17.3	98.8%	1 (0.2%)	361 (87.4%)	37 (9.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	$11,268							45.7	46.6	1013	12		480006608057
1026	Saginaw High School	Public	9-12	800 N Blue Mound Rd	Saginaw	76131	Tarrant County	Eagle Mt-Saginaw Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 306-0914	2,013	130	15.4	50.2%	478 (23.7%)	456 (22.7%)	776 (38.5%)	202 (10.0%)	7 (0.3%)	4 (0.2%)	90 (4.5%)	$8,334							45.6	48.8	965	61		481770011031
1027	Pace Early College High School	Public	9-12	314 W Los Ebanos Blvd	Brownsville	78520	Cameron County	Brownsville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 548-7700	1,621	105	15.4	94.0%	7 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1,613 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,002							45.6	51.2	909	118		481168000643
1028	Mayde Creek High School	Public	9-12	19202 Groschke Rd	Houston	77084	Harris County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 237-3063	3,036	213	14.2	76.5%	313 (10.3%)	624 (20.6%)	1,820 (59.9%)	179 (5.9%)	14 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	84 (2.8%)	$9,909							45.6	48.9	963	65		482517006001
1029	Hermleigh School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	8010 Business 84h	Hermleigh	79526	Scurry County	Hermleigh Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 863-2451	258	24	10.7	46.1%	155 (60.1%)	4 (1.6%)	96 (37.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$13,048							45.5	32.5	1357	328		482304002343
1030	Ferris High School	Public	9-12	1025 E 8th St	Ferris	75125	Ellis County	Ferris Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 544-3737	940	76	12.4	74.5%	126 (13.4%)	101 (10.7%)	695 (73.9%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.3%)	$11,441							45.4	45.4	1043	13		481917001786

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.