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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
291	Thrall High School	Public	9-12	601 S Bounds St	Thrall	76578	Williamson County	Thrall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 898-5193	282	26	10.8	32.3%	174 (61.7%)	5 (1.8%)	91 (32.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	$11,934							76	71.5	390	99		484266004872
292	Sidney School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4100 Hwy 1689	Sidney	76474	Comanche County	Sidney Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 842-5500	106	14	7.4	60.4%	76 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	$15,735							76	76.5	286	6		484017004556
293	Ropes School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	304 Ranch	Ropesville	79358	Hockley County	Ropes Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 562-4031	622	56	11	30.9%	444 (71.4%)	5 (0.8%)	170 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$11,648							76	74.1	330	37		483783004235
294	North Zulch Elementary/Secondary	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	11390 Fifth St	North Zulch	77872	Madison County	North Zulch Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 241-7100	333	33	10	65.2%	244 (73.3%)	7 (2.1%)	64 (19.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.1%)	$11,073							76	77.4	260	34		483303003670
295	Santo High School	Public	6-12	406 Fm Rd 2201	Santo	76472	Palo Pinto County	Santo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(940) 769-3847	302	26	11.5	40.4%	229 (75.8%)	1 (0.3%)	63 (20.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$10,103							75.9	76.1	292	3		483939004482
296	Leveretts Chapel High School	Public	9-12	8956 State Hwy 42 N	Overton	75684	Rusk County	Leveretts Chapel Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 834-3181	72	9	8.3	58.3%	32 (44.4%)	6 (8.3%)	32 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	$17,776							75.9	78.5	237	59		482727003063
297	China Spring High School	Public	9-12	7301 N River Crossing	China Spring	76633	McLennan County	China Spring Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 836-1771	959	68	14.1	27.8%	594 (61.9%)	73 (7.6%)	223 (23.3%)	18 (1.9%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.9%)	$7,170							75.7	75.5	307	10		481396000881
298	Memorial High School	Public	9-12	12300 Frisco St	Frisco	75033	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-7300	1,439	108	13.2	19.7%	493 (34.3%)	215 (14.9%)	270 (18.8%)	370 (25.7%)	18 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (5.1%)	$9,549							75.7	71.7	386	88		482001013470
299	Highland Park High School	Public	9-12	15300 Amarillo Blvd E	Amarillo	79108	Potter County	Highland Park Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 335-2823	213	22	9.5	45.5%	95 (44.6%)	6 (2.8%)	87 (40.8%)	15 (7.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	$12,136							75.6	66.1	530	231		483556006160
300	Emerson High School	Public	9-12	6300 Collin McKinney Pkwy	McKinney	75070	Collin County	Frisco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(469) 633-8100	1,844	124	14.8	17.1%	531 (28.8%)	300 (16.3%)	243 (13.2%)	648 (35.1%)	7 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	114 (6.2%)	$8,279							75.5	74.7	320	20		482001013915

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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.