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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in McLennan County, Texas

20 public high schools in McLennan County, Texas appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Midway High School leads the list at 80.0%, against a median of 60.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

McLennan County, Texas

Top % Proficient (Reading)

80.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

60.5%

BEST IN READING · MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Midway High School	WACO, TX	MIDWAY ISD	High	2,687	80.0%	▲ 1
2	China Spring High School	CHINA SPRING, TX	CHINA SPRING ISD	High	959	78.0%	▲ 1
3	Crawford High School	CRAWFORD, TX	CRAWFORD ISD	High	318	72.0%	▼ 2
4	Robinson High School	ROBINSON, TX	ROBINSON ISD	High	725	71.0%	▲ 2
5	West High School	WEST, TX	WEST ISD	High	375	71.0%	▲ 2
6	Lorena High	LORENA, TX	LORENA ISD	High	580	70.0%	▼ 1
7	Axtell High School	AXTELL, TX	AXTELL ISD	High	236	67.0%	▲ 1
8	Riesel School	RIESEL, TX	RIESEL ISD	High	334	65.0%	▲ 3
9	Bosqueville High School	WACO, TX	BOSQUEVILLE ISD	High	227	63.0%	▼ 5
10	Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School	WACO, TX	RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL	High	233	61.0%	no change
11	McGregor High School	MCGREGOR, TX	MCGREGOR ISD	High	437	60.0%	▲ 1
12	Valley Mills High School	VALLEY MILLS, TX	VALLEY MILLS ISD	High	206	60.0%	▲ 1
13	Bruceville-Eddy High School	EDDY, TX	BRUCEVILLE-EDDY ISD	High	201	57.0%	▲ 2
14	Mart High School	MART, TX	MART ISD	High	253	56.0%	▼ 5
15	Moody High School	MOODY, TX	MOODY ISD	High	216	50.0%	▼ 1
16	La Vega High School	WACO, TX	LA VEGA ISD	High	881	42.0%	▲ 2
17	Harmony School of Innovation - Waco	BEVERLY HILLS, TX	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS	High	614	40.0%	▼ 1
18	University High School	WACO, TX	WACO ISD	High	1,752	39.0%	▼ 1
19	Connally High School	WACO, TX	CONNALLY ISD	High	614	37.0%	no change
20	Waco High School	WACO, TX	WACO ISD	High	1,885	31.0%	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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