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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
101HAROLD T BRANCH ACADEMY FOR CAREER & TECHNICAL ED
CORPUS CHRISTI · CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
High87.0%+34.3pp
102JIMMY CARTER EARLY COLLEGE H S
LA JOYA · LA JOYA ISD
High87.0%+34.3pp
103LINDSAY H S
LINDSAY · LINDSAY ISD
High87.0%+34.3pp
104SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS
MERCEDES · SOUTH TEXAS ISD
High87.0%+34.3pp
105THELMA ROSA SALINAS STEM EARLY COLLEGE H S
LA JOYA · LA JOYA ISD
High87.0%+34.3pp
106TRAVIS EARLY COLLEGE H S
SAN ANTONIO · SAN ANTONIO ISD
High87.0%+34.3pp
107VANDEGRIFT H S
AUSTIN · LEANDER ISD
High87.0%+34.3pp
108BEAUMONT ISD EARLY COLLEGE H S
BEAUMONT · BEAUMONT ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
109CALVIN NELMS H S
KATY · CALVIN NELMS CHARTER SCHOOLS
High86.0%+33.3pp
110CYPRESS RANCH H S
CYPRESS · CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
111EARLY COLLEGE H S
DALLAS · CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
112FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
High86.0%+33.3pp
113GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
GRAND PRAIRIE · GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
114HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND
SUGAR LAND · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST
High86.0%+33.3pp
115IMPACT EARLY COLLEGE H S
BAYTOWN · GOOSE CREEK CISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
116ISCHOOL HIGH AT UNIVERSITY PARK
HOUSTON · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES
High86.0%+33.3pp
117KELLER H S
KELLER · KELLER ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
118LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE H S
TAYLOR · TAYLOR ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
119LEWISVILLE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LEWISVILLE · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES
High86.0%+33.3pp
120MEMORIAL H S
HOUSTON · SPRING BRANCH ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
121POTH H S
POTH · POTH ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
122ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S
PEARLAND · PEARLAND ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
123SOUTH TEXAS ISD WORLD SCHOLARS
EDINBURG · SOUTH TEXAS ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
124THE WOODLANDS H S
THE WOODLANDS · CONROE ISD
High86.0%+33.3pp
125ARGYLE H S
FLOWER MOUND · ARGYLE ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
126BOWIE H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
127CRAWFORD H S
CRAWFORD · CRAWFORD ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
128EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
129GALENA PARK ISD CAREER & TECHNICAL ECHS
HOUSTON · GALENA PARK ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
130GRAND PRAIRIE FINE ARTS ACADEMY
GRAND PRAIRIE · GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
131HARPER H S
HARPER · HARPER ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
132ISCHOOL HIGH - ATASCOCITA
HOUSTON · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES
High85.0%+32.3pp
133ISCHOOL HIGH AT THE WOODLANDS
CONROE · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES
High85.0%+32.3pp
134ISCHOOL-CREEKSIDE
TOMBALL · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES
High85.0%+32.3pp
135LINDALE H S
LINDALE · LINDALE ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
136LOWERY FRESHMAN CENTER
ALLEN · ALLEN ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
137MISSION COLLEGIATE H S
ALTON · MISSION CISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
138SOUTH TEXAS ISD VIRTUAL ACADEMY
MERCEDES · SOUTH TEXAS ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
139VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S
EL PASO · YSLETA ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
140WALL H S
WALL · WALL ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
141WALNUT GROVE H S
PROSPER · PROSPER ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
142WESTWOOD H S
AUSTIN · ROUND ROCK ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
143YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High85.0%+32.3pp
144CISCO H S
CISCO · CISCO ISD
High84.0%+31.3pp
145LUBBOCK-COOPER LIBERTY H S
LUBBOCK · LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD
High84.0%+31.3pp
146MASON H S
MASON · MASON ISD
High84.0%+31.3pp
147ROBERT G COLE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
SAN ANTONIO · FT SAM HOUSTON ISD
High84.0%+31.3pp
148ST PHILIP'S COLLEGE EARLY COLLEGE H S
SAN ANTONIO · SAN ANTONIO ISD
High84.0%+31.3pp
149BETA ACADEMY
HOUSTON · BETA ACADEMY
High83.0%+30.3pp
150CINCO RANCH H S
KATY · KATY ISD
High83.0%+30.3pp
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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.