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Texas schools ranked by test score

Latest STAAR year (2025-26). 4,342 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 55.6%.
RankSchoolLevelReadingvs state
3201JAMES BOWIE EL
BAYTOWN · GOOSE CREEK CISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3202JANET BROCKETT EL
ARLINGTON · MANSFIELD ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3203JERRY R JUNKINS EL
CARROLLTON · DALLAS ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3204JOHN A SIPPEL EL
SCHERTZ · SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3205JOHN F KENNEDY EL
EDINBURG · EDINBURG CISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3206JUBILEE KINGSVILLE
KINGSVILLE · JUBILEE ACADEMIES
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3207JUNCTION EL
JUNCTION · JUNCTION ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3208KASHMERE GARDENS EL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3209KIMMIE M BROWN EL
DAYTON · DAYTON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3210KIRK EL
HOUSTON · CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3211LA UNION EL
GARCIASVILLE · RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3212LARSON EL
GRAND PRAIRIE · ARLINGTON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3213LEWIS EL
FORNEY · FORNEY ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3214LIESTMAN EL
HOUSTON · ALIEF ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3215LIFE SCHOOL RED OAK
RED OAK · LIFE SCHOOL
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3216MAHANAY EL
HOUSTON · ALIEF ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3217MARSHALL EL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3218MAURICEVILLE EL
ORANGE · LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3219MAYFIELD EL
PRINCETON · PRINCETON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3220MCLAUGHLIN STRICKLAND EL
FARMERS BRANCH · CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3221MINA EL
BASTROP · BASTROP ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3222MURRY FLY EL
ODESSA · ECTOR COUNTY ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3223NEIDIG EL
ELGIN · ELGIN ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3224NORWOOD EL
BURLESON · BURLESON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3225PAT REYNOLDS EL
HOUSTON · SPRING ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3226PATTERSON EL
CONROE · CONROE ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3227PEEBLES EL
KILLEEN · KILLEEN ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3228PETROLIA EL
PETROLIA · PETROLIA CISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3229RANGE EL
MESQUITE · MESQUITE ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3230REMINGTON POINT EL
FORT WORTH · EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3231RICHARDSON EL
DIMMITT · DIMMITT ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3232RIVERCREST EL
BOGATA · RIVERCREST ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3233SAM HOUSTON EL
ODESSA · ECTOR COUNTY ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3234SAMPSON-HOWARD EL
TEMPLE · TEMPLE ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3235SHARON A RICHARDSON EL
GILMER · UNION HILL ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3236SHELDON LAKE EL
HOUSTON · SHELDON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3237SIDNEY H POYNTER
FORT WORTH · CROWLEY ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3238SMITH EL
AUSTIN · DEL VALLE ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3239SOUTH ATHENS EL
ATHENS · ATHENS ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3240SOUTH HILLS EL
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3241SPRING MEADOWS EL
SAN ANTONIO · JUDSON ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3242STEELE MONTESSORI EL
SAN ANTONIO · SAN ANTONIO ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3243THOMAS TOLBERT EL
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3244TIMMERMAN EL
PFLUGERVILLE · PFLUGERVILLE ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3245TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY - MESQUITE
MESQUITE · TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3246UPLIFT GRADUS PREP PS
DESOTO · UPLIFT EDUCATION
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3247WAVERLY PARK EL
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3248WEATHERFORD EL
PLANO · PLANO ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3249WEST COLUMBIA EL
WEST COLUMBIA · COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
3250WESTERN HILLS EL
TEMPLE · TEMPLE ISD
Elementary44.0%-11.6pp
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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 2025-26). 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.