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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Denton, Texas

Across Denton, Texas, 15 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Nette Shultz leads the list at 65.0%, against a median of 53.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Denton, Texas

Top % Proficient (Reading)

65.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

53.0%

BEST IN READING · DENTON, TEXAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Nette Shultz	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	748	65.0%	▲ 1
2	Ryan Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	551	65.0%	▲ 5
3	Houston Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	537	63.0%	▲ 1
4	McNair Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	599	59.0%	▲ 2
5	Denton Classical Academy	DENTON, TX	TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES	Elementary	190	58.0%	▼ 4
6	Nelson Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	527	57.0%	▼ 1
7	Newton Rayzor Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	674	56.0%	▲ 2
8	Pecan Creek Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	656	53.0%	no change
9	North Texas Collegiate Academy-North Campus	DENTON, TX	NORTH TEXAS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY	Elementary	237	46.0%	▼ 6
10	Borman Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	523	46.0%	▲ 2
11	Alice Moore Alexander	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	573	44.0%	▲ 2
12	Hodge Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	660	43.0%	▼ 1
13	Ginnings Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	614	42.0%	▲ 2
14	Evers Park Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	732	41.0%	▼ 4
15	Rivera Elementary School	DENTON, TX	DENTON ISD	Elementary	604	29.0%	▼ 1

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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