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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
801ELECTRA JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH
ELECTRA · ELECTRA ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
802GLADEWATER H S
GLADEWATER · GLADEWATER ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
803HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - DALLAS
DALLAS · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
High56.0%+3.3pp
804HARMONY SCHOOL OF INGENUITY-HOUSTON
HOUSTON · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH
High56.0%+3.3pp
805IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY
ELSA · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High56.0%+3.3pp
806IDEA RIO VISTA COLLEGE PREPARATORY
SOCORRO · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High56.0%+3.3pp
807ITALY H S
ITALY · ITALY ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
808JACKSBORO H S
JACKSBORO · JACKSBORO ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
809LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL H S
GARLAND · GARLAND ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
810MARTINS MILL H S
MARTIN'S MILL · MARTINS MILL ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
811MCALLEN H S
MCALLEN · MCALLEN ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
812MT ENTERPRISE H S
MT ENTERPRISE · MOUNT ENTERPRISE ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
813PETTUS SECONDARY
PETTUS · PETTUS ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
814PEWITT H S
OMAHA · PEWITT CISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
815PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H S
SAN JUAN · PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
816SANFORD-FRITCH H S
FRITCH · SANFORD-FRITCH ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
817SEMINOLE H S
SEMINOLE · SEMINOLE ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
818SHARPSTOWN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
819THREE WAY JH/HS
STEPHENVILLE · THREE WAY ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
820WHITESBORO H S
WHITESBORO · WHITESBORO ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
821WINK H S
WINK · WINK-LOVING ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
822WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High56.0%+3.3pp
823YES PREP - NORTHWEST
HOUSTON · YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
High56.0%+3.3pp
824ANTHONY H S
ANTHONY · ANTHONY ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
825BANDERA H S
BANDERA · BANDERA ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
826BROWNWOOD H S
BROWNWOOD · BROWNWOOD ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
827CHESTER H S
CHESTER · CHESTER ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
828COLUMBIA H S
WEST COLUMBIA · COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
829CORRIGAN-CAMDEN H S
CORRIGAN · CORRIGAN-CAMDEN ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
830CUMBY COLLEGIATE H S
CUMBY · CUMBY COLLEGIATE ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
831CYPRESS RIDGE H S
HOUSTON · CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
832DAVINCI SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS
EL PASO · BURNHAM WOOD CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT
High55.0%+2.3pp
833DENVER CITY H S
DENVER CITY · DENVER CITY ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
834EASTLAKE H S
EL PASO · SOCORRO ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
835FREER H S
FREER · FREER ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
836HARDIN H S
HARDIN · HARDIN ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
837IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY
SAN ANTONIO · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High55.0%+2.3pp
838IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY
MISSION · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High55.0%+2.3pp
839IDEA OWASSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY
PHARR · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High55.0%+2.3pp
840IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY
RIO GRANDE CITY · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High55.0%+2.3pp
841JARRELL H S
JARRELL · JARRELL ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
842LITTLE ELM H S
LITTLE ELM · LITTLE ELM ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
843LLANO H S
LLANO · LLANO ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
844LYFORD H S
LYFORD · LYFORD CISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
845NIXON-SMILEY H S
NIXON · NIXON-SMILEY CISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
846NOCONA H S
NOCONA · NOCONA ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
847POOLVILLE H S
POOLVILLE · POOLVILLE ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
848RICE H S
RICE · RICE ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
849RIDER H S
WICHITA FALLS · WICHITA FALLS ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
850RIVER ROAD H S
AMARILLO · RIVER ROAD ISD
High55.0%+2.3pp
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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.