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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
1401MANOR H S
MANOR · MANOR ISD
High29.0%-23.7pp
1402WHEATLEY H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High29.0%-23.7pp
1403GRAND PRAIRIE H S
GRAND PRAIRIE · GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1404HEARNE JH/HS
HEARNE · HEARNE ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1405JAMES MADISON H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1406KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY
DALLAS · KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High28.0%-24.7pp
1407LINCOLN HUMANITIES/COMMUNICATIONS MAGNET HIGH SCH
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1408NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1409NORTH SIDE H S
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1410THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT MLK
AUSTIN · VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High28.0%-24.7pp
1411W W SAMUELL H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1412WESTFIELD H S
HOUSTON · SPRING ISD
High28.0%-24.7pp
1413ESTACADO H S
LUBBOCK · LUBBOCK ISD
High27.0%-25.7pp
1414HIRSCHI H S
WICHITA FALLS · WICHITA FALLS ISD
High27.0%-25.7pp
1415JUSTIN F KIMBALL H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High27.0%-25.7pp
1416SOUTH OAK CLIFF H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High27.0%-25.7pp
1417TULIA H S
TULIA · TULIA ISD
High27.0%-25.7pp
1418WASHINGTON B T H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High27.0%-25.7pp
1419WESTERN HILLS H S
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High27.0%-25.7pp
1420DONNA NORTH H S
DONNA · DONNA ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1421HOUSTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1422JOHN F KENNEDY H S
SAN ANTONIO · EDGEWOOD ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1423LANIER H S
SAN ANTONIO · SAN ANTONIO ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1424NORTH FOREST H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1425ODESSA H S
ODESSA · ECTOR COUNTY ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1426ROYAL H S
BROOKSHIRE · ROYAL ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1427SAM HOUSTON H S
ARLINGTON · ARLINGTON ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1428WILMER-HUTCHINS H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High26.0%-26.7pp
1429AUSTIN H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High25.0%-27.7pp
1430AUSTIN H S
EL PASO · EL PASO ISD
High25.0%-27.7pp
1431FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT H S OF INNOVATION
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High25.0%-27.7pp
1432LBJ EARLY COLLEGE H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High25.0%-27.7pp
1433MARLIN HIGH
MARLIN · MARLIN ISD
High25.0%-27.7pp
1434RUNGE H S
RUNGE · RUNGE ISD
High25.0%-27.7pp
1435ANDY DEKANEY H S
HOUSTON · SPRING ISD
High24.0%-28.7pp
1436HOUSTON H S
SAN ANTONIO · SAN ANTONIO ISD
High24.0%-28.7pp
1437JEFFERSON H S
EL PASO · EL PASO ISD
High24.0%-28.7pp
1438O D WYATT H S
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High24.0%-28.7pp
1439DUNBAR H S
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High23.0%-29.7pp
1440EASTSIDE EARLY COLLEGE H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High23.0%-29.7pp
1441H GRADY SPRUCE H S
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
High22.0%-30.7pp
1442MERCEDES H S
MERCEDES · MERCEDES ISD
High22.0%-30.7pp
1443SOUTH SAN ANTONIO H S - WEST CAMPUS
SAN ANTONIO · SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD
High22.0%-30.7pp
1444TRAVIS EARLY COLLEGE H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High22.0%-30.7pp
1445BOWIE H S
EL PASO · EL PASO ISD
High21.0%-31.7pp
1446EL PASO LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - H S EAST
EL PASO · EL PASO LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
High21.0%-31.7pp
1447SHARPSTOWN H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High21.0%-31.7pp
1448NORTHEAST EARLY COLLEGE H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High20.0%-32.7pp
1449POLYTECHNIC H S
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High20.0%-32.7pp
1450WISDOM H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High20.0%-32.7pp
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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.