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Texas schools ranked by test score

Latest STAAR year (2025-26). 1,450 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 55.6%.
RankSchoolLevelReadingvs state
1251MISSION H S
MISSION · MISSION CISD
High41.0%-14.6pp
1252MOODY H S
CORPUS CHRISTI · CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
High41.0%-14.6pp
1253PASADENA H S
PASADENA · PASADENA ISD
High41.0%-14.6pp
1254ROY MILLER H S AND METRO SCHOOL OF DESIGN
CORPUS CHRISTI · CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
High41.0%-14.6pp
1255TAYLOR H S
TAYLOR · TAYLOR ISD
High41.0%-14.6pp
1256UPLIFT WISDOM PREP H S
DALLAS · UPLIFT EDUCATION
High41.0%-14.6pp
1257W T WHITE H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High41.0%-14.6pp
1258WOODSBORO H S
WOODSBORO · WOODSBORO ISD
High41.0%-14.6pp
1259ANDRESS H S
EL PASO · EL PASO ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1260BONHAM H S
BONHAM · BONHAM ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1261CRANE H S
CRANE · CRANE ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1262CROCKETT H S
CROCKETT · CROCKETT ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1263DUNCANVILLE H S
DUNCANVILLE · DUNCANVILLE ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1264FROST SECONDARY
FROST · FROST ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1265HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO
BEVERLY HILLS · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
High40.0%-15.6pp
1266KILLEEN H S
KILLEEN · KILLEEN ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1267LOCKNEY H S
LOCKNEY · LOCKNEY ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1268MANOR NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH
MANOR · MANOR ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1269MESQUITE H S
MESQUITE · MESQUITE ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1270NEW CANEY H S
NEW CANEY · NEW CANEY ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1271NORTH MESQUITE H S
MESQUITE · MESQUITE ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1272RIO GRANDE CITY H S
RIO GRANDE CITY · RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1273SAM RAYBURN H S
PASADENA · PASADENA ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1274THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT MLK
AUSTIN · VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High40.0%-15.6pp
1275THOMAS JEFFERSON H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1276WASHINGTON B T H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1277WISDOM H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High40.0%-15.6pp
1278EAST CENTRAL H S
SAN ANTONIO · EAST CENTRAL ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1279GAINESVILLE H S
GAINESVILLE · GAINESVILLE ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1280GORMAN H S
GORMAN · GORMAN ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1281HUMBLE H S
HUMBLE · HUMBLE ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1282HUNTSVILLE H S
HUNTSVILLE · HUNTSVILLE ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1283IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORY
AUSTIN · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High39.0%-16.6pp
1284ILTEXAS LANCASTER DESOTO H S
DESOTO · INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)
High39.0%-16.6pp
1285LAMAR H S
ARLINGTON · ARLINGTON ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1286LOCKHART H S
LOCKHART · LOCKHART ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1287LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H S
BROWNSVILLE · BROWNSVILLE ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1288RALLS H S
RALLS · RALLS ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1289ROBERT M SHOEMAKER H S
KILLEEN · KILLEEN ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1290SEGUIN H S
SEGUIN · SEGUIN ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1291SLATON H S
SLATON · SLATON ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1292SPRING WOODS H S
HOUSTON · SPRING BRANCH ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1293UNIVERSITY H S
WACO · WACO ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1294WILLOWRIDGE H S
HOUSTON · FORT BEND ISD
High39.0%-16.6pp
1295CORSICANA H S
CORSICANA · CORSICANA ISD
High38.0%-17.6pp
1296CRYSTAL CITY H S
CRYSTAL CITY · CRYSTAL CITY ISD
High38.0%-17.6pp
1297HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN
AUSTIN · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS
High38.0%-17.6pp
1298INSPIRED VISION ACADEMY SECONDARY
DALLAS · INSPIRED VISION ACADEMY
High38.0%-17.6pp
1299JAMES MADISON H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High38.0%-17.6pp
1300JOHN B CONNALLY H S
AUSTIN · PFLUGERVILLE ISD
High38.0%-17.6pp
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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.