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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	99.6%
3	MANSFIELD FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY	MANSFIELD	MANSFIELD ISD	High	22.4%	326	99.0%
4	TOMBALL STAR ACADEMY	TOMBALL	TOMBALL ISD	High	28.4%	402	98.8%
5	CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	32.5%	855	97.9%
6	LASA H S	AUSTIN	AUSTIN ISD	High	10.6%	1,616	96.9%
7	MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL	TEXARKANA	TEXARKANA ISD	Elementary	33.6%	351	96.6%
8	CORNERSTONE ACADEMY	HOUSTON	SPRING BRANCH ISD	Middle	15.1%	423	96.0%
9	WILLIAM B TRAVIS VANGUARD ACAD OF ACADEMICALLY TAG	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	Middle	18.2%	517	95.9%
10	KERR H S	HOUSTON	ALIEF ISD	High	68.8%	807	95.4%
11	TCCSE EARLY COLLEGE H S AT TIMBERVIEW	ARLINGTON	MANSFIELD ISD	High	49.8%	277	95.3%
12	T H ROGERS SCHOOL	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	Combined	11.3%	1,079	95.2%
13	SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	Middle	13.7%	446	95.0%
14	EARLY COLLEGE H S AT MIDLAND COLLEGE	MIDLAND	MIDLAND ISD	High	45.5%	365	94.9%
15	HILL COUNTRY COLLEGE PREP H S	BULVERDE	COMAL ISD	High	18.5%	178	94.3%
16	EDINBURG COLLEGIATE H S	EDINBURG	EDINBURG CISD	High	68.7%	466	94.1%
17	SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED	GRAND PRAIRIE	GRAND PRAIRIE ISD	Elementary	33.8%	142	93.4%
18	LAWLER MIDDLE	FRISCO	FRISCO ISD	Middle	4.1%	903	93.3%
19	HUDSON EL	LONGVIEW	LONGVIEW ISD	Elementary	52.7%	452	93.1%
20	MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S	NEW BRAUNFELS	COMAL ISD	High	27.1%	291	93.0%
21	CARVER CENTER	MIDLAND	MIDLAND ISD	Elementary	24.3%	605	92.8%
22	ALIEF EARLY COLLEGE H S	HOUSTON	ALIEF ISD	High	84.6%	402	92.6%
23	EMMA VERA EL	ROMA	ROMA ISD	Elementary	82.3%	504	92.6%
24	CACTUS RANCH EL	ROUND ROCK	ROUND ROCK ISD	Elementary	2.9%	693	91.9%
25	JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	78.9%	494	91.3%
26	HECTOR J GARCIA EARLY COLLEGE H S	LAREDO	LAREDO ISD	High	89.8%	392	91.1%
27	TRINIDAD GARZA EARLY COLLEGE AT MT VIEW	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	94.7%	474	91.0%
28	CANYON CREEK EL	AUSTIN	ROUND ROCK ISD	Elementary	5.4%	350	90.7%
29	WINDSOR PARK G/T	CORPUS CHRISTI	CORPUS CHRISTI ISD	Elementary	28.2%	602	90.5%
30	DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	39.8%	929	90.4%
31	SEVEN LAKES H S	KATY	KATY ISD	High	22.2%	3,773	90.1%
32	CREEKSIDE FOREST EL	THE WOODLANDS	TOMBALL ISD	Elementary	7.5%	676	90.1%
33	HEALTH CAREERS H S	SAN ANTONIO	NORTHSIDE ISD	High	25.1%	904	89.9%
34	FOWLER MIDDLE	PLANO	FRISCO ISD	Middle	6.4%	967	89.8%
35	FLORENCE J SCOTT EL	ROMA	ROMA ISD	Elementary	92.5%	550	89.4%
36	BURLESON COLLEGIATE H S	BURLESON	BURLESON ISD	High	34.4%	151	89.4%
37	KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	23.1%	782	89.3%
38	GRUVER H S	GRUVER	GRUVER ISD	High	31.9%	141	88.6%
39	SILVERCREST EL	PEARLAND	PEARLAND ISD	Elementary	11.6%	704	88.5%
40	PATSY SOMMER EL	AUSTIN	ROUND ROCK ISD	Elementary	3.8%	817	88.5%
41	CHALLENGE EARLY COLLEGE H S	HOUSTON	HOUSTON ISD	High	81.4%	485	88.3%
42	SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	High	83.7%	497	88.1%
43	EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL	ODESSA	ECTOR COUNTY ISD	Elementary	43.2%	685	88.0%
44	ROBERT L PUSTER EL	FAIRVIEW	LOVEJOY ISD	Elementary	3.6%	548	88.0%
45	SPRING EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY	HOUSTON	SPRING ISD	High	65.0%	391	87.9%
46	DELIA GONZALEZ GARCIA EL	RIO GRANDE CITY	ROMA ISD	Elementary	92.2%	487	87.7%
47	FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE	SUGAR LAND	FORT BEND ISD	Middle	12.1%	1,504	87.6%
48	TYLER ISD EARLY COLLEGE H S	TYLER	TYLER ISD	High	73.6%	447	87.4%
49	COMMONWEALTH EL	SUGAR LAND	FORT BEND ISD	Elementary	11.5%	667	87.3%
50	INDEPENDENCE H S	FRISCO	FRISCO ISD	High	5.8%	1,698	87.3%

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