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Texas schools ranked by test score

Latest STAAR year (2023-24). 4,421 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 52.7%.
RankSchoolLevelReadingvs state
1SCHOOL FOR THE HIGHLY GIFTED
GRAND PRAIRIE · GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
Elementary99.0%+46.3pp
2CARVER CENTER
MIDLAND · MIDLAND ISD
Elementary98.0%+45.3pp
3WINDSOR PARK G/T
CORPUS CHRISTI · CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
Elementary97.0%+44.3pp
4BRADFIELD EL
DALLAS · HIGHLAND PARK ISD
Elementary96.0%+43.3pp
5CANYON CREEK EL
AUSTIN · ROUND ROCK ISD
Elementary96.0%+43.3pp
6HUDSON EL
LONGVIEW · LONGVIEW ISD
Elementary96.0%+43.3pp
7PALO PINTO EL
PALO PINTO · PALO PINTO ISD
Elementary96.0%+43.3pp
8UNIVERSITY PARK EL
DALLAS · HIGHLAND PARK ISD
Elementary96.0%+43.3pp
9EMMA VERA EL
ROMA · ROMA ISD
Elementary95.0%+42.3pp
10GEORGE B DEALEY MONTESSORI ACADEMY
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
Elementary95.0%+42.3pp
11MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL
TEXARKANA · TEXARKANA ISD
Elementary95.0%+42.3pp
12OVERTON PARK EL
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
Elementary94.0%+41.3pp
13PATSY SOMMER EL
AUSTIN · ROUND ROCK ISD
Elementary93.0%+40.3pp
14ROBERT H ROCKENBAUGH EL
SOUTHLAKE · CARROLL ISD
Elementary93.0%+40.3pp
15WEST UNIVERSITY EL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
Elementary93.0%+40.3pp
16ARMSTRONG EL
DALLAS · HIGHLAND PARK ISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
17CACTUS RANCH EL
ROUND ROCK · ROUND ROCK ISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
18CANYON RANCH EL
IRVING · COPPELL ISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
19CREEKSIDE FOREST EL
THE WOODLANDS · TOMBALL ISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
20EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL
ODESSA · ECTOR COUNTY ISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
21LAWN EL
LAWN · JIM NED CISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
22MICHAEL M BOONE EL
DALLAS · HIGHLAND PARK ISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
23TALLEY EL
FRISCO · FRISCO ISD
Elementary92.0%+39.3pp
24ANNE MCCORMICK SULLIVAN EL
SUGAR LAND · FORT BEND ISD
Elementary91.0%+38.3pp
25BARTON HILLS EL
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
Elementary91.0%+38.3pp
26BEVERLY CHEATHAM EL
ALLEN · ALLEN ISD
Elementary91.0%+38.3pp
27GARDEN CITY EL
GARDEN CITY · GLASSCOCK COUNTY ISD
Elementary91.0%+38.3pp
28HYER EL
DALLAS · HIGHLAND PARK ISD
Elementary91.0%+38.3pp
29BASIS CEDAR PARK PRI
CEDAR PARK · BASIS TEXAS
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
30COMMONWEALTH EL
SUGAR LAND · FORT BEND ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
31GLENHOPE EL
COLLEYVILLE · GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
32KIMBERLIN ACAD FOR EXCEL
GARLAND · GARLAND ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
33LAKEWOOD EL
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
34MANDARIN IMMERSION MAGNET SCHOOL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
35NICHOLS EL
FRISCO · FRISCO ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
36OLD UNION EL
SOUTHLAKE · CARROLL ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
37SKAGGS EL
PLANO · PLANO ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
38STANLEY C STANLEY EL
KATY · KATY ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
39WILCHESTER EL
HOUSTON · SPRING BRANCH ISD
Elementary90.0%+37.3pp
40BESS CAMPBELL EL
SUGAR LAND · LAMAR CISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
41BRENTFIELD EL
DALLAS · RICHARDSON ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
42FLORENCE J SCOTT EL
ROMA · ROMA ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
43LAUREL MOUNTAIN EL
AUSTIN · ROUND ROCK ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
44MCSPEDDEN EL
FRISCO · FRISCO ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
45MOHAWK EL
RICHARDSON · RICHARDSON ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
46MUMFORD EL
MUMFORD · MUMFORD ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
47NEBBIE WILLIAMS EL
ROCKWALL · ROCKWALL ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
48OLD SETTLERS EL
FLOWER MOUND · LEWISVILLE ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
49PRAIRIE CREEK EL
RICHARDSON · RICHARDSON ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
50TRINITY HEIGHTS GIFTED AND TALENTED SCHOOL
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
Elementary89.0%+36.3pp
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About this ranking

Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the STAAR % Meets Grade Level or Above threshold on the latest available STAAR Reading test (school year 2023-24). A higher percentage is better.

Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.

The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Texas, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.