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Texas schools ranked by test score

Latest STAAR year (2025-26). 7,751 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 55.6%.
RankSchoolLevelReadingvs state
5301JACK TAYLOR EL
BURLESON · BURLESON ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5302JACKSBORO EL
JACKSBORO · JACKSBORO ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5303JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE
SIMMS · SIMMS ISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5304JEFFERSON EL
JEFFERSON · JEFFERSON ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5305JEFFERSON H S
JEFFERSON · JEFFERSON ISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5306JULIUS L MATTHEY MIDDLE
SAN ANTONIO · SOUTHSIDE ISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5307JUSTISS EL
PARIS · PARIS ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5308KOSTORYZ EL
CORPUS CHRISTI · CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5309KRIEWALD ROAD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
SAN ANTONIO · SOUTHWEST ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5310LACY EL
PRINCETON · PRINCETON ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5311LANCASTER H S
LANCASTER · LANCASTER ISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5312LEE EL
EDINBURG · EDINBURG CISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5313LOCKHART EL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5314LOIS F GIDDENS EL
CEDAR PARK · LEANDER ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5315LYNDON B JOHNSON EL
JOHNSON CITY · JOHNSON CITY ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5316MADISON MIDDLE
ABILENE · ABILENE ISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5317MAE LUSTER STEPHENS J H
LINDEN · LINDEN-KILDARE CISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5318MARSHALL H S
SAN ANTONIO · NORTHSIDE ISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5319MARY HELEN BERLANGA EL
CORPUS CHRISTI · CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5320MAY EL
SAN ANTONIO · NORTHSIDE ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5321MAYPEARL H S
MAYPEARL · MAYPEARL ISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5322MCBEE EL
AUSTIN · AUSTIN ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5323MCDADE H S
MCDADE · MCDADE ISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5324MCGHEE EL
CHANNELVIEW · CHANNELVIEW ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5325MCKAMY EL
DALLAS · CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5326MENGER EL
CORPUS CHRISTI · CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5327MOORE M H EL
FORT WORTH · FORT WORTH ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5328MORALES EL
PASADENA · PASADENA ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5329NANCY MOSELEY EL
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5330NARCISO CAVAZOS
MISSION · LA JOYA ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5331NATALIA J H
NATALIA · NATALIA ISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5332NESMITH EL
LAVON · COMMUNITY ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5333NETTIE BACCUS EL
GRANBURY · GRANBURY ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5334NEWTON EL
NEWTON · NEWTON ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5335NIXON SMILEY EL
SMILEY · NIXON-SMILEY CISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5336NIXON-SMILEY H S
NIXON · NIXON-SMILEY CISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5337NORMAN J H
KAUFMAN · KAUFMAN ISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5338NORTH FOREST H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5339NORTHSIDE H S
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
High47.0%-8.6pp
5340NORTHWEST EL
BROWNWOOD · BROWNWOOD ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5341OLIVER EL
STAMFORD · STAMFORD ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5342PALESTINE J H
PALESTINE · PALESTINE ISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5343PAMPA J H
PAMPA · PAMPA ISD
Middle47.0%-8.6pp
5344PARKWAY EL
MONAHANS · MONAHANS-WICKETT-PYOTE ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5345PARKWAY EL
LEWISVILLE · LEWISVILLE ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5346PAUL L DUNBAR LEARNING CENTER
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5347PERSONALIZED LEARNING PREPARATORY AT SAM HOUSTON
DALLAS · DALLAS ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5348PETERSEN EL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5349PLEASANTVILLE EL
HOUSTON · HOUSTON ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
5350PROGRESO EL
PROGRESO · PROGRESO ISD
Elementary47.0%-8.6pp
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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.