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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Austin, Texas

Across Austin, Texas, 31 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Lasa High School leads the list at 99.0%, against a median of 48.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Austin, Texas

Top % Proficient (Reading)

99.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

48.0%

BEST IN READING · AUSTIN, TEXAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Lasa High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,616	99.0%	no change
2	Westlake High School	AUSTIN, TX	EANES ISD	High	2,854	89.0%	no change
3	Vandegrift High School	AUSTIN, TX	LEANDER ISD	High	2,437	84.0%	▲ 2
4	Bowie High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,876	82.0%	▼ 1
5	Westwood High School	AUSTIN, TX	ROUND ROCK ISD	High	2,858	82.0%	▲ 1
6	Lake Travis High School	AUSTIN, TX	LAKE TRAVIS ISD	High	3,569	79.0%	▼ 2
7	McCallum High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,897	77.0%	no change
8	Nyos Lamar Secondary	AUSTIN, TX	NYOS CHARTER SCHOOL	High	809	75.0%	no change
9	Austin High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,323	74.0%	no change
10	Anderson High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,223	67.0%	no change
11	McNeil High School	AUSTIN, TX	ROUND ROCK ISD	High	2,660	63.0%	▲ 2
12	IDEA Rundberg College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	790	59.0%	▼ 1
13	Cedars Academy Next Generation H S at Highland	AUSTIN, TX	CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY	High	116	58.0%	▼ 1
14	IDEA Health Professions College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	376	53.0%	no change
15	IDEA Parmer Park College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	624	51.0%	no change
16	IDEA Montopolis College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	835	48.0%	no change
17	Austin Achieve High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	581	45.0%	▲ 1
18	Akins Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	2,421	44.0%	▲ 1
19	Crockett Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,529	41.0%	▲ 1
20	The East Austin College Prep at MLK	AUSTIN, TX	VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	169	40.0%	▲ 5
21	IDEA Bluff Springs College Preparatory	AUSTIN, TX	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	689	39.0%	▼ 4
22	Harmony School of Excellence - Austin	AUSTIN, TX	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS	High	497	38.0%	▼ 1
23	KIPP Austin Collegiate	AUSTIN, TX	KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	847	38.0%	▼ 1
24	John B Connally High School	AUSTIN, TX	PFLUGERVILLE ISD	High	1,974	38.0%	no change
25	Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and High School	AUSTIN, TX	WAYSIDE SCHOOLS	High	554	37.0%	▲ 1
26	LBJ Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	734	33.0%	▲ 1
27	KIPP Austin Brave	AUSTIN, TX	KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	490	32.0%	▼ 4
28	Eastside Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	663	31.0%	▲ 2
29	Navarro Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,633	27.0%	▼ 1
30	Northeast Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	972	25.0%	▼ 1
31	Travis Early College High School	AUSTIN, TX	AUSTIN ISD	High	1,011	19.0%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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