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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
301SHADOW CREEK H S
PEARLAND · ALVIN ISD
High74.0%+18.4pp
302TARRANT CO COLLEGE SOUTH/FORT WORTH COLLEGIATE H S
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High74.0%+18.4pp
303TEXAS EARLY COLLEGE H S
MARSHALL · PANOLA CHARTER SCHOOL
High74.0%+18.4pp
304TIDEHAVEN H S
EL MATON · TIDEHAVEN ISD
High74.0%+18.4pp
305UNION GROVE H S
GLADEWATER · UNION GROVE ISD
High74.0%+18.4pp
306ARISTOI CLASSICAL UPPER SCHOOL
KATY · ARISTOI CLASSICAL ACADEMY
High73.0%+17.4pp
307BURTON H S
BURTON · BURTON ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
308CADDO MILLS H S
CADDO MILLS · CADDO MILLS ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
309DUBLIN H S
DUBLIN · DUBLIN ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
310EVADALE H S
EVADALE · EVADALE ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
311HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
High73.0%+17.4pp
312IOLA H S
IOLA · IOLA ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
313LAWRENCE E ELKINS H S
MISSOURI CITY · FORT BEND ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
314LEWISVILLE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LEWISVILLE · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES
High73.0%+17.4pp
315PIONEER TECHNOLOGY (PTAA) FATE
FATE · PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY
High73.0%+17.4pp
316QUANAH H S
QUANAH · QUANAH ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
317TEAGUE H S
TEAGUE · TEAGUE ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
318TEXAS ACADEMY OF BIOMEDICAL
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
319THRALL H S
THRALL · THRALL ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
320TOLAR H S
TOLAR · TOLAR ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
321UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S
AUSTIN · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S
High73.0%+17.4pp
322VIRGINIA ALLRED STACEY JR/SR H S
SAN ANTONIO · LACKLAND ISD
High73.0%+17.4pp
323CANTON H S
CANTON · CANTON ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
324CENTRAL HEIGHTS H S
NACOGDOCHES · CENTRAL HEIGHTS ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
325CRAWFORD H S
CRAWFORD · CRAWFORD ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
326EARLY COLLEGE H S
DALLAS · CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
327FOSTER H S
RICHMOND · LAMAR CISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
328FRANKSTON H S
FRANKSTON · FRANKSTON ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
329GRANDVIEW H S
GRANDVIEW · GRANDVIEW ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
330ILTEXAS KATY WESTPARK H S
RICHMOND · INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)
High72.0%+16.4pp
331LAKE CREEK H S
MONTGOMERY · MONTGOMERY ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
332MILES H S
MILES · MILES ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
333NEW DIANA H S
DIANA · NEW DIANA ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
334O'CONNOR H S
HELOTES · NORTHSIDE ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
335ROCKWALL-HEATH H S
HEATH · ROCKWALL ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
336VINES H S
PLANO · PLANO ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
337WEIMAR H S
WEIMAR · WEIMAR ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
338WHITEWRIGHT H S
WHITEWRIGHT · WHITEWRIGHT ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
339WILLIAM B TRAVIS H S
RICHMOND · FORT BEND ISD
High72.0%+16.4pp
340BUSHLAND H S
AMARILLO · BUSHLAND ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
341CHILDRESS H S
CHILDRESS · CHILDRESS ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
342CROSS ROADS H S
MALAKOFF · CROSS ROADS ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
343EARLY H S
EARLY · EARLY ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
344HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - DALLAS
DALLAS · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
High71.0%+15.4pp
345HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND
GARLAND · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
High71.0%+15.4pp
346IDEA EDGEMERE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
EL PASO · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High71.0%+15.4pp
347KAUFER H S
RIVIERA · RIVIERA ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
348KLEIN H S
KLEIN · KLEIN ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
349LA VERNIA H S
LA VERNIA · LA VERNIA ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
350MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S
MIDLOTHIAN · MIDLOTHIAN ISD
High71.0%+15.4pp
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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.