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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
201SPRING HILL H S
LONGVIEW · SPRING HILL ISD
High79.0%+23.4pp
202TOMBALL MEMORIAL H S
TOMBALL · TOMBALL ISD
High79.0%+23.4pp
203UME DALLAS SECONDARY
DALLAS · UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY
High79.0%+23.4pp
204BETA ACADEMY
HOUSTON · BETA ACADEMY
High78.0%+22.4pp
205CHINA SPRING H S
CHINA SPRING · CHINA SPRING ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
206EMERSON H S
MCKINNEY · FRISCO ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
207FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S
SAN ANTONIO · NEW FRONTIERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
High78.0%+22.4pp
208FRANKLIN H S
FRANKLIN · FRANKLIN ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
209GLEN ROSE H S
GLEN ROSE · GLEN ROSE ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
210GOLDTHWAITE H S
GOLDTHWAITE · GOLDTHWAITE ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
211GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AT TCC NE
HURST · GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
212GUNTER H S
GUNTER · GUNTER ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
213HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON
HOUSTON · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH
High78.0%+22.4pp
214HOLLIDAY H S
HOLLIDAY · HOLLIDAY ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
215PANHANDLE H S
PANHANDLE · PANHANDLE ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
216PINEYWOODS COMMUNITY ACADEMY H S
LUFKIN · PINEYWOODS COMMUNITY ACADEMY
High78.0%+22.4pp
217RAYBURN H S
IVANHOE · SAM RAYBURN ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
218REDWATER H S
REDWATER · REDWATER ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
219ROCKWALL H S
ROCKWALL · ROCKWALL ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
220SANTA GERTRUDIS ACADEMY H S
KINGSVILLE · SANTA GERTRUDIS ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
221SST SA COLLEGE PREP H S
SAN ANTONIO · SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
High78.0%+22.4pp
222TRENTON H S
TRENTON · TRENTON ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
223VAN ALSTYNE H S
VAN ALSTYNE · VAN ALSTYNE ISD
High78.0%+22.4pp
224BOERNE H S
BOERNE · BOERNE ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
225BYRON NELSON H S
TROPHY CLUB · NORTHWEST ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
226CEDAR PARK H S
CEDAR PARK · LEANDER ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
227COLLEYVILLE HERITAGE H S
COLLEYVILLE · GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
228GEORGE RANCH H S
RICHMOND · LAMAR CISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
229GEORGE WEST H S
GEORGE WEST · GEORGE WEST ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
230GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
GRAND PRAIRIE · GRAND PRAIRIE ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
231GRAPEVINE H S
GRAPEVINE · GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
232GREAT HEARTS IRVING UPPER
IRVING · GREAT HEARTS TEXAS
High77.0%+21.4pp
233HOLLAND H S
HOLLAND · HOLLAND ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
234IDEA QUEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY
EDINBURG · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High77.0%+21.4pp
235LEADERSHIP PREP SCHOOL SECONDARY
FRISCO · LEADERSHIP PREP SCHOOL
High77.0%+21.4pp
236LEGACY RANCH H S
LIBERTY HILL · LIBERTY HILL ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
237MCCALLUM H S
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
238NEW WAVERLY H S
NEW WAVERLY · NEW WAVERLY ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
239SKIDMORE-TYNAN H S
SKIDMORE · SKIDMORE-TYNAN ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
240WYLIE EAST H S
WYLIE · WYLIE ISD
High77.0%+21.4pp
241ASPERMONT H S
ASPERMONT · ASPERMONT ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
242BELLS H S
BELLS · BELLS ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
243BOB HOPE H S
PORT ARTHUR · BOB HOPE SCHOOL
High76.0%+20.4pp
244BOOKER JH/H S
BOOKER · BOOKER ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
245CLEAR SPRINGS H S
LEAGUE CITY · CLEAR CREEK ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
246EASTWOOD ACADEMY
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
247EULA H S
CLYDE · EULA ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
248H S FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
249HALLSVILLE H S
HALLSVILLE · HALLSVILLE ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
250HARMONY H S
BIG SANDY · HARMONY ISD
High76.0%+20.4pp
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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.