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Texas schools ranked by test score

Latest STAAR year (2023-24). 1,453 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 52.7%.
RankSchoolLevelReadingvs state
1HEALTH CAREERS H S
SAN ANTONIO · NORTHSIDE ISD
High100.0%+47.3pp
2JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High100.0%+47.3pp
3MANSFIELD FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY
MANSFIELD · MANSFIELD ISD
High100.0%+47.3pp
4ROSIE SORRELLS EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High100.0%+47.3pp
5SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High100.0%+47.3pp
6SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High100.0%+47.3pp
7TOMBALL STAR ACADEMY
TOMBALL · TOMBALL ISD
High100.0%+47.3pp
8ALIEF EARLY COLLEGE H S
HOUSTON · ALIEF ISD
High99.0%+46.3pp
9CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High99.0%+46.3pp
10HARLINGEN COLLEGIATE H S
HARLINGEN · HARLINGEN CISD
High99.0%+46.3pp
11KERR H S
HOUSTON · ALIEF ISD
High99.0%+46.3pp
12LASA H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High99.0%+46.3pp
13TCCSE EARLY COLLEGE H S AT TIMBERVIEW
ARLINGTON · MANSFIELD ISD
High99.0%+46.3pp
14BURLESON COLLEGIATE H S
BURLESON · BURLESON ISD
High98.0%+45.3pp
15DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High98.0%+45.3pp
16IRMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High98.0%+45.3pp
17JAMES M STEELE EARLY COLLEGE H S
ROANOKE · NORTHWEST ISD
High98.0%+45.3pp
18SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High98.0%+45.3pp
19TRINIDAD GARZA EARLY COLLEGE AT MT VIEW
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High98.0%+45.3pp
20BROWNSVILLE EARLY COLLEGE H S
BROWNSVILLE · BROWNSVILLE ISD
High97.0%+44.3pp
21HECTOR J GARCIA EARLY COLLEGE H S
LAREDO · LAREDO ISD
High97.0%+44.3pp
22ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S
ODESSA · ECTOR COUNTY ISD
High97.0%+44.3pp
23YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
SAN ANTONIO · SAN ANTONIO ISD
High97.0%+44.3pp
24DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High96.0%+43.3pp
25EARLY COLLEGE H S AT MIDLAND COLLEGE
MIDLAND · MIDLAND ISD
High96.0%+43.3pp
26KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High96.0%+43.3pp
27MARVIN E ROBINSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MGMT
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High96.0%+43.3pp
28MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S
NEW BRAUNFELS · COMAL ISD
High96.0%+43.3pp
29NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S
IRVING · DALLAS ISD
High96.0%+43.3pp
30TYLER ISD EARLY COLLEGE H S
TYLER · TYLER ISD
High96.0%+43.3pp
31BASIS SAN ANTONIO- SHAVANO CAMPUS
SAN ANTONIO · BASIS TEXAS
High95.0%+42.3pp
32BRYAN COLLEGIATE H S
BRYAN · BRYAN ISD
High95.0%+42.3pp
33CARROLL H S
SOUTHLAKE · CARROLL ISD
High95.0%+42.3pp
34CLEAR HORIZONS EARLY COLLEGE H S
HOUSTON · CLEAR CREEK ISD
High95.0%+42.3pp
35CLINT ISD EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY
CLINT · CLINT ISD
High95.0%+42.3pp
36EDINBURG COLLEGIATE H S
EDINBURG · EDINBURG CISD
High95.0%+42.3pp
37MUMFORD H S
MUMFORD · MUMFORD ISD
High95.0%+42.3pp
38YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
MIDLAND · MIDLAND ISD
High95.0%+42.3pp
39BOOKER T WASHINGTON SPVA MAGNET
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
40CEDAR HILL COLLEGIATE H S
CEDAR HILL · CEDAR HILL ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
41CHALLENGE EARLY COLLEGE H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
42HARLINGEN SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
HARLINGEN · HARLINGEN CISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
43HIGHLAND PARK H S
DALLAS · HIGHLAND PARK ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
44HILL COUNTRY COLLEGE PREP H S
BULVERDE · COMAL ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
45IUNIVERSITY PREP
GRAPEVINE · GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
46KELLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
KELLER · KELLER ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
47PANOLA EARLY COLLEGE H S
CARTHAGE · PANOLA CHARTER SCHOOL
High94.0%+41.3pp
48RRISD EARLY COLLEGE H S
ROUND ROCK · ROUND ROCK ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
49WESTLAKE H S
AUSTIN · EANES ISD
High94.0%+41.3pp
50ACHIEVE EARLY COLLEGE H S
MCALLEN · MCALLEN ISD
High93.0%+40.3pp
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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.