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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
1011	Timpson School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	836 Bear Dr	Timpson	75975	Shelby County	Timpson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(936) 254-2463	756	72	10.5	65.9%	457 (60.4%)	159 (21.0%)	101 (13.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.6%)	$10,180							46.1	36.5	1276	265		484284004886
1012	Community High School	Public	9-12	440 N Fm 1138	Nevada	75173	Collin County	Community Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 843-6500	1,328	66	20.1	52.7%	442 (33.3%)	252 (19.0%)	571 (43.0%)	20 (1.5%)	6 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (2.6%)	$8,049							46.1	45.1	1051	39		481485000987
1013	Idea Weslaco Pike College Preparatory	Public, Charter	6-12	1000 E Pike Blvd	Weslaco	78596	Hidalgo County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 351-4850	758	52	14.5	87.1%	17 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	738 (97.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,716							46.1	64.5	568	445		480021113085
1014	Hargrave High School	Public	9-12	25400 Willy Ln	Huffman	77336	Harris County	Huffman Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 324-1845	1,165	77	15	33.7%	732 (62.8%)	40 (3.4%)	363 (31.2%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	18 (1.5%)	$9,654							46.1	50.2	931	83		482382002633
1015	La Pryor Secondary	Public	6-12	165 E Edith St	La Pryor	78872	Zavala County	La Pryor Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 365-4007	244	19	12.9	86.1%	9 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	235 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,564							46	51.8	892	123		482625002961
1016	Iltexas Garland High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4413 N Shiloh Rd	Garland	75044	Dallas County	International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 414-3414	604	51	11.8	68.0%	58 (9.6%)	88 (14.6%)	386 (63.9%)	58 (9.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.7%)	$12,901							46	49	960	56		480144012917
1017	Junction High School	Public	9-12	1700 College St	Junction	76849	Kimble County	Junction Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 446-3326	177	19	9.5	61.0%	105 (59.3%)	1 (0.6%)	65 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$12,381							46	48	986	31		482502002796
1018	Conroe High School	Public	9-12	3200 W Davis St	Conroe	77304	Montgomery County	Conroe Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(936) 709-5700	5,252	321	16.3	59.3%	1,367 (26.0%)	685 (13.0%)	2,852 (54.3%)	126 (2.4%)	33 (0.6%)	9 (0.2%)	180 (3.4%)	$8,731							46	45.4	1044	26		481500001002
1019	Tuloso-Midway High School	Public	9-12	2653 McKinzie	Corpus Christi	78410	Nueces County	Tuloso-Midway Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(361) 903-6700	1,079	84	12.7	36.6%	179 (16.6%)	10 (0.9%)	876 (81.2%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.7%)	$12,698							45.9	57.4	748	271		484335004923
1020	Universal Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2616 N MacArthur Blvd	Irving	75062	Dallas County	Universal Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 255-1800	623	45	13.7	83.8%	13 (2.1%)	158 (25.4%)	405 (65.0%)	30 (4.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	$13,130							45.9	49.6	943	77		480007007850

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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.