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Texas public schools by raw proficiency

The traditional ranking: Texas public schools by combined math + reading proficiency on the state assessment. Best read alongside the BeatsExpectations ranking, which controls for student poverty.

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TEXAS · HIGHEST PROFICIENCY

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	39.6%	555	100%
2	SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	65.3%	505	99.5%
3	MANSFIELD FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY	MANSFIELD	MANSFIELD ISD	High	22.4%	326	98.5%
4	CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	32.5%	855	98.2%
5	TOMBALL STAR ACADEMY	TOMBALL	TOMBALL ISD	High	28.4%	402	97.8%
6	LASA H S	AUSTIN	AUSTIN ISD	High	10.6%	1,616	97.5%
7	SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	Middle	13.7%	446	96.0%
8	KERR H S	HOUSTON	ALIEF ISD	High	68.8%	807	95.8%
9	WILLIAM B TRAVIS VANGUARD ACAD OF ACADEMICALLY TAG	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	Middle	18.2%	517	95.7%
10	TCCSE EARLY COLLEGE H S AT TIMBERVIEW	ARLINGTON	MANSFIELD ISD	High	49.8%	277	95.7%
11	HILL COUNTRY COLLEGE PREP H S	BULVERDE	COMAL ISD	High	18.5%	178	95.0%
12	MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL	TEXARKANA	TEXARKANA ISD	Elementary	33.6%	351	94.9%
13	CORNERSTONE ACADEMY	HOUSTON	SPRING BRANCH ISD	Middle	15.1%	423	94.7%
14	EARLY COLLEGE H S AT MIDLAND COLLEGE	MIDLAND	MIDLAND ISD	High	45.5%	365	94.6%
15	HUDSON EL	LONGVIEW	LONGVIEW ISD	Elementary	52.7%	452	94.5%
16	SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED	GRAND PRAIRIE	GRAND PRAIRIE ISD	Elementary	33.8%	142	94.3%
17	T H ROGERS SCHOOL	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	Combined	11.3%	1,079	94.1%
18	CARVER CENTER	MIDLAND	MIDLAND ISD	Elementary	24.3%	605	93.8%
19	ALIEF EARLY COLLEGE H S	HOUSTON	ALIEF ISD	High	84.6%	402	92.8%
20	LAWLER MIDDLE	FRISCO	FRISCO ISD	Middle	4.1%	903	92.5%
21	DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	39.8%	929	92.3%
22	WINDSOR PARK G/T	CORPUS CHRISTI	CORPUS CHRISTI ISD	Elementary	28.2%	602	92.0%
23	EDINBURG COLLEGIATE H S	EDINBURG	EDINBURG CISD	High	68.7%	466	91.8%
24	MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S	NEW BRAUNFELS	COMAL ISD	High	27.1%	291	91.8%
25	CANYON CREEK EL	AUSTIN	ROUND ROCK ISD	Elementary	5.4%	350	91.5%
26	JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	78.9%	494	91.5%
27	CACTUS RANCH EL	ROUND ROCK	ROUND ROCK ISD	Elementary	2.9%	693	91.1%
28	HECTOR J GARCIA EARLY COLLEGE H S	LAREDO	LAREDO ISD	High	89.8%	392	91.1%
29	KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	23.1%	782	90.9%
30	SEVEN LAKES H S	KATY	KATY ISD	High	22.2%	3,773	90.8%
31	HEALTH CAREERS H S	SAN ANTONIO	NORTHSIDE ISD	High	25.1%	904	90.6%
32	TRINIDAD GARZA EARLY COLLEGE AT MT VIEW	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	94.7%	474	90.6%
33	CREEKSIDE FOREST EL	THE WOODLANDS	TOMBALL ISD	Elementary	7.5%	676	90.2%
34	BURLESON COLLEGIATE H S	BURLESON	BURLESON ISD	High	34.4%	151	89.8%
35	WEST UNIVERSITY EL	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	Elementary	6.1%	1,183	89.4%
36	EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL	ODESSA	ECTOR COUNTY ISD	Elementary	43.2%	685	89.4%
37	CHALLENGE EARLY COLLEGE H S	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	81.4%	485	89.3%
38	FOWLER MIDDLE	PLANO	FRISCO ISD	Middle	6.4%	967	89.2%
39	PATSY SOMMER EL	AUSTIN	ROUND ROCK ISD	Elementary	3.8%	817	89.0%
40	SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	83.7%	497	88.6%
41	EMMA VERA EL	ROMA	ROMA ISD	Elementary	82.3%	504	88.5%
42	INDEPENDENCE H S	FRISCO	FRISCO ISD	High	5.8%	1,698	88.4%
43	SPRING EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY	HOUSTON	SPRING ISD	High	65.0%	391	88.2%
44	TYLER ISD EARLY COLLEGE H S	TYLER	TYLER ISD	High	73.6%	447	87.8%
45	GRUVER H S	GRUVER	GRUVER ISD	High	31.9%	141	87.8%
46	UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP H S	IRVING	UPLIFT EDUCATION	High	20.1%	522	87.8%
47	JORDAN H S	KATY	KATY ISD	High	16.6%	3,330	87.7%
48	FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE	SUGAR LAND	FORT BEND ISD	Middle	12.1%	1,504	87.6%
49	NELSON MIDDLE	FRISCO	FRISCO ISD	Middle	4.8%	1,094	87.5%
50	LAUREL MOUNTAIN EL	AUSTIN	ROUND ROCK ISD	Elementary	6.1%	822	87.5%

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