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Texas schools ranked by test score

Latest STAAR year (2023-24). 1,681 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 52.7%.
RankSchoolLevelReadingvs state
201GOODSON MIDDLE
CYPRESS · CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
202GRADY BURNETT J H
WYLIE · WYLIE ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
203HALLSVILLE J H
HALLSVILLE · HALLSVILLE ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
204HAMILTON MIDDLE
CYPRESS · CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
205HOLLIDAY MIDDLE
HOLLIDAY · HOLLIDAY ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
206JOHN M TIDWELL MIDDLE
ROANOKE · NORTHWEST ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
207MICHAEL E FOSSUM MIDDLE
MCALLEN · MCALLEN ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
208PERKINS MIDDLE
DE LEON · DE LEON ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
209PIEPER RANCH MIDDLE
SAN ANTONIO · COMAL ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
210QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE
MISSOURI CITY · FORT BEND ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
211STEM ACADEMY AT CREEK VALLEY MIDDLE
CARROLLTON · LEWISVILLE ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
212WELLBORN MIDDLE
COLLEGE STATION · COLLEGE STATION ISD
Middle74.0%+21.3pp
213ALEXANDER MIDDLE
PEARLAND · PEARLAND ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
214ANTHONY MIDDLE
CYRESS · CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
215BUSHLAND J H
AMARILLO · BUSHLAND ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
216COMMANDER WILLIAM C MCCOOL ACADEMY
LUBBOCK · LUBBOCK ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
217ELIAS HERRERA MIDDLE
LAREDO · UNITED ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
218ELYSIAN FIELDS MIDDLE
WASKOM · ELYSIAN FIELDS ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
219FARWELL J H
FARWELL · FARWELL ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
220HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - HOUSTON
HOUSTON · HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
221JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE
RICHMOND · FORT BEND ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
222JIM NED MIDDLE
TUSCOLA · JIM NED CISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
223MCANALLY MIDDLE
FORT WORTH · ALEDO ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
224NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE
AUSTIN · ROUND ROCK ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
225NOLAN RYAN J H
PEARLAND · ALVIN ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
226OTTO MIDDLE
PLANO · PLANO ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
227RIDGEVIEW MIDDLE
ROUND ROCK · ROUND ROCK ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
228SHALLOWATER MIDDLE
SHALLOWATER · SHALLOWATER ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
229THRALL MIDDLE
THRALL · THRALL ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
230VAN ALSTYNE J H
VAN ALSTYNE · VAN ALSTYNE ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
231YORK J H
SPRING · CONROE ISD
Middle73.0%+20.3pp
232AB HARRISON INT
WYLIE · WYLIE ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
233ALMA MARTINEZ INT
MANSFIELD · MANSFIELD ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
234BRISCOE JH
RICHMOND · LAMAR CISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
235BRUNDRETT MIDDLE
PORT ARANSAS · PORT ARANSAS ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
236CADDO MILLS MIDDLE
CADDO MILLS · CADDO MILLS ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
237DE LA PAZ MIDDLE
RIVIERA · RIVIERA ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
238DEAN LEAMAN JH
FULSHEAR · LAMAR CISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
239GEORGE WEST EL
GEORGE WEST · GEORGE WEST ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
240HARMONY J H
BIG SANDY · HARMONY ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
241HILL MIDDLE
SAN ANTONIO · NORTH EAST ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
242J W HOLLOWAY SIXTH GRADE SCHOOL
WHITEHOUSE · WHITEHOUSE ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
243JIM NED INT
TUSCOLA · JIM NED CISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
244LAMAR MIDDLE
FLOWER MOUND · LEWISVILLE ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
245MASON J H
MASON · MASON ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
246NEEDVILLE MIDDLE
NEEDVILLE · NEEDVILLE ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
247NEW DIANA MIDDLE
DIANA · NEW DIANA ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
248PECAN TRAIL INT
COLLEGE STATION · COLLEGE STATION ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
249POTH J H
POTH · POTH ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
250SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE
SPRING BRANCH · COMAL ISD
Middle72.0%+19.3pp
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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.