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Best High Schools in Texas (2025-26)
Ranked high schools
1626
Listed, not ranked
434
Every ranked high school in Texas, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Texas rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
Texas high schools ranked, 1501 to 1626 of 1626
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| Rank | Grade | School | City | District | Actual | Projected | Impact | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1501 | D | Sam Houston | Arlington | Arlington Isd | 23% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 3,370 |
| #1502 | D | Sterling (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 23% | 20% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,421 |
| #1503 | D | Sweetwater H S | Sweetwater | Sweetwater Isd | 23% | 28% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 545 |
| #1504 | D | Taylor | Taylor | Taylor Isd | 23% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 907 |
| #1505 | D | Uvalde H S | Uvalde | Uvalde Cisd | 23% | 27% | Meets Expectations | 1,129 |
| #1506 | D | West Orange Stark H S | Orange | West Orange-Cove Cisd | 23% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 660 |
| #1507 | D | Zapata H S | Zapata | Zapata County Isd | 23% | 26% | Meets Expectations | 1,034 |
| #1508 | D | Clarksville Middle And H S | Clarksville | Clarksville Isd | 22% | 18% | Exceeds Expectations | 250 |
| #1509 | D | Dilley H S | Dilley | Dilley Isd | 22% | 27% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 280 |
| #1510 | D | Dr Leo Cigarroa | Laredo | Laredo Isd | 22% | 25% | Meets Expectations | 1,472 |
| #1511 | D | Gateway Charter Academy Middle (Charter) | Dallas | Gateway Charter Academy | 22% | 15% | Exceeds Expectations | 216 |
| #1512 | D | Grulla H S | Rio Grande City | Rio Grande City Grulla Isd | 22% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 761 |
| #1513 | D | Highlands (Magnet) | San Antonio | San Antonio Isd | 22% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 1,651 |
| #1514 | D | Kipp University Prep (Charter) | San Antonio | Kipp Texas Public Schools | 22% | 22% | Meets Expectations | 725 |
| #1515 | D | Lbj Echs | Austin | Austin Isd | 22% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 772 |
| #1516 | D | Midland H S | Midland | Midland Isd | 22% | 36% | Underperforms Expectations | 2,492 |
| #1517 | D | Northside (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 22% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 1,168 |
| #1518 | D | Pecos H S | Pecos | Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Isd | 22% | 36% | Underperforms Expectations | 766 |
| #1519 | D | Progreso H S | Progreso | Progreso Isd | 22% | 25% | Meets Expectations | 452 |
| #1520 | D | San Isidro H S San Isidro | San Isidro | San Isidro Isd | 22% | 17% | Exceeds Expectations | 75 |
| #1521 | D | Spring | Spring | Spring Isd | 22% | 33% | Underperforms Expectations | 2,760 |
| #1522 | D | Union Hill H S Gilmer | Gilmer | Union Hill Isd | 22% | 38% | Underperforms Expectations | 143 |
| #1523 | D | Willowridge | Houston | Fort Bend Isd | 22% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 1,319 |
| #1524 | D | Wilmer Hutchins | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 22% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 1,020 |
| #1525 | D | Wisdom (Charter) | Dallas | Uplift Education | 22% | 19% | Exceeds Expectations | 367 |
| #1526 | D | Aldine | Houston | Aldine Isd | 21% | 28% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,663 |
| #1527 | D | Brackenridge (Magnet) | San Antonio | San Antonio Isd | 21% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,568 |
| #1528 | D | Carter Riverside | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 21% | 26% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,048 |
| #1529 | D | Donna H S | Donna | Donna Isd | 21% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 2,095 |
| #1530 | D | Eisenhower (Magnet) | Houston | Aldine Isd | 21% | 30% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,855 |
| #1531 | D | Energized For Stem Academy (Charter) | Houston | Houston Isd | 21% | 34% | Underperforms Expectations | 583 |
| #1532 | D | H Grady Spruce | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 21% | 22% | Meets Expectations | 1,558 |
| #1533 | D | Harmony School Of Excellence Dallas (Charter) | Dallas | Harmony Public Schools - North Texas | 21% | 26% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 592 |
| #1534 | D | Hidalgo Early College | Hidalgo | Hidalgo Isd | 21% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 1,083 |
| #1535 | D | Macarthur | Houston | Aldine Isd | 21% | 27% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 3,571 |
| #1536 | D | North Forest | Houston | Houston Isd | 21% | 15% | Exceeds Expectations | 974 |
| #1537 | D | Pearsall H S Pearsall | Pearsall | Pearsall Isd | 21% | 25% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 614 |
| #1538 | D | South Hills | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 21% | 27% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,880 |
| #1539 | D | Southwest Legacy H S | Von Ormy | Southwest Isd | 21% | 26% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,014 |
| #1540 | D | Ben Bolt Palito Blanco H S Ben Bolt | Ben Bolt | Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Isd | 20% | 25% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 228 |
| #1541 | D | Campbell H S Campbell | Campbell | Campbell Isd | 20% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 149 |
| #1542 | D | Harmony School Of Innovation Waco (Charter) | Beverly Hills | Harmony Public Schools - North Texas | 20% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 611 |
| #1543 | D | Kashmere (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 20% | 18% | Exceeds Expectations | 725 |
| #1544 | D | Kipp Oak Cliff Academy (Charter) | Dallas | Kipp Texas Public Schools | 20% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 295 |
| #1545 | D | Lake View H S | San Angelo | San Angelo Isd | 20% | 25% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,085 |
| #1546 | D | S Garland H S | Garland | Garland Isd | 20% | 31% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,169 |
| #1547 | D | Tornillo H S Tornillo | Tornillo | Tornillo Isd | 20% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 294 |
| #1548 | D | Benavides Secondary | Benavides | Benavides Isd | 19% | 20% | Meets Expectations | 114 |
| #1549 | D | David W Carter | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 19% | 18% | Meets Expectations | 1,082 |
| #1550 | D | Edcouch Elsa H S | Elsa | Edcouch-Elsa Isd | 19% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 1,345 |
| #1551 | D | Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Orem (Charter) | Houston | International Leadership of Texas (iltexas) | 19% | 26% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 602 |
| #1552 | D | Jefferson | El Paso | El Paso Isd | 19% | 28% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,107 |
| #1553 | D | Leggett H S Leggett | Leggett | Leggett Isd | 19% | 23% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 80 |
| #1554 | D | Mountain View | El Paso | Clint Isd | 19% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 807 |
| #1555 | D | Northeast Early College | Austin | Austin Isd | 19% | 20% | Meets Expectations | 1,019 |
| #1556 | D | Southwest | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 19% | 23% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,285 |
| #1557 | D | Carrizo Springs H S Carrizo Springs | Carrizo Springs | Carrizo Springs Cisd | 18% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 588 |
| #1558 | D | Furr (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 18% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 1,173 |
| #1559 | D | H M King | Kingsville | Kingsville Isd | 18% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 892 |
| #1560 | D | L G Pinkston | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 18% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 1,139 |
| #1561 | D | La Villa Early College | La Villa | La Villa Isd | 18% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 182 |
| #1562 | D | Scarborough (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 18% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 750 |
| #1563 | D | Seagoville (Magnet) | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 18% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,779 |
| #1564 | D | Wheatley | Houston | Houston Isd | 18% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 643 |
| #1565 | D | Yates (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 18% | 17% | Meets Expectations | 851 |
| #1566 | D | Advantage Academy (Charter, K-12) | Grand Prairie | Advantage Academy | 15% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 1,012 |
| #1567 | D | Anton School (K-12) | Anton | Anton Isd | 15% | 22% | Meets Expectations | 170 |
| #1568 | D | Darrouzett Schools (K-12) | Darrouzett | Darrouzett Isd | 15% | 28% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 112 |
| #1569 | D | Tisd Child And Adolescent School (K-12) | Terrell | Terrell Isd | 15% | 35% | Underperforms Expectations | 39 |
| #1570 | D | Waelder School (K-12) | Waelder | Waelder Isd | 15% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 290 |
| #1571 | D | Prairie Lea School (K-12) | Prairie Lea | Prairie Lea Isd | 14% | 23% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 229 |
| #1572 | D | Buckholts School (K-12) | Buckholts | Buckholts Isd | 13% | 25% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 110 |
| #1573 | D | Calvert School (K-12) | Calvert | Calvert Isd | 13% | 14% | Meets Expectations | 134 |
| #1574 | D | Morton School (K-12) | Morton | Morton Isd | 13% | 15% | Meets Expectations | 353 |
| #1575 | D- | Crystal City | Crystal City | Crystal City Isd | 18% | 27% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 551 |
| #1576 | D- | Burbank (Magnet, Charter) | San Antonio | San Antonio Isd | 17% | 20% | Meets Expectations | 1,319 |
| #1577 | D- | Fabens H S | Fabens | Fabens Isd | 17% | 21% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 623 |
| #1578 | D- | Franklin D Roosevelt H S Of Innovation (Magnet) | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 17% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 748 |
| #1579 | D- | Houston Math Science And Technology Center | Houston | Houston Isd | 17% | 20% | Meets Expectations | 2,779 |
| #1580 | D- | John F Kennedy | San Antonio | Edgewood Isd | 17% | 17% | Meets Expectations | 1,042 |
| #1581 | D- | Juarez Lincoln H S | Mission | La Joya Isd | 17% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,062 |
| #1582 | D- | Legacy Traditional School Basse (Charter) | San Antonio | Legacy Traditional Schools - Texas | 17% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 91 |
| #1583 | D- | Runge H S Runge | Runge | Runge Isd | 17% | 27% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 86 |
| #1584 | D- | San Augustine H S San Augustine | San Augustine | San Augustine Isd | 17% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 353 |
| #1585 | D- | Steam At The Fine Arts Academy (Magnet) | San Antonio | Edgewood Isd | 17% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 259 |
| #1586 | D- | Westfield | Houston | Spring Isd | 17% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,574 |
| #1587 | D- | Austin (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 16% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 1,448 |
| #1588 | D- | Diamond Hill Jarvis | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 16% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 997 |
| #1589 | D- | Donna North H S | Donna | Donna Isd | 16% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,091 |
| #1590 | D- | Eastern Hills | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 16% | 18% | Meets Expectations | 1,194 |
| #1591 | D- | Houston (Magnet) | San Antonio | San Antonio Isd | 16% | 15% | Meets Expectations | 856 |
| #1592 | D- | Inspired Vision Academy Secondary (Charter) | Dallas | Inspired Vision Academy | 16% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 584 |
| #1593 | D- | Legacy School Of Sport Sciences (Charter) | Spring | Legacy School of Sport Sciences | 16% | 18% | Meets Expectations | 447 |
| #1594 | D- | Sharpstown | Houston | Houston Isd | 16% | 21% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,855 |
| #1595 | D- | South Oak Cliff | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 16% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,513 |
| #1596 | D- | Uplift Mighty (Charter) | Fort Worth | Uplift Education | 16% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 399 |
| #1597 | D- | Wayside Sci Tech Middle And H S (Charter) | Austin | Wayside Schools | 16% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 521 |
| #1598 | D- | Wisdom | Houston | Houston Isd | 16% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,260 |
| #1599 | D- | Bowie | El Paso | El Paso Isd | 15% | 28% | Underperforms Expectations | 1,117 |
| #1600 | D- | James Madison | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 15% | 18% | Meets Expectations | 359 |
| #1601 | D- | Long Academy (Magnet) | Houston | Houston Isd | 15% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 818 |
| #1602 | D- | Madison | Houston | Houston Isd | 15% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 1,924 |
| #1603 | D- | O D Wyatt | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 15% | 18% | Meets Expectations | 1,500 |
| #1604 | D- | Uplift Heights Preparatory (Charter) | Dallas | Uplift Education | 15% | 21% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 537 |
| #1605 | D- | Bruni H S | Bruni | Webb Cisd | 14% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 88 |
| #1606 | D- | Dunbar | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 14% | 15% | Meets Expectations | 864 |
| #1607 | D- | Fannindel H S Ladonia | Ladonia | Fannindel Isd | 14% | 31% | Underperforms Expectations | 64 |
| #1608 | D- | Lincoln Humanitiescommunications Magnet High Sch (Magnet) | Dallas | Dallas Isd | 14% | 16% | Meets Expectations | 700 |
| #1609 | D- | Mercedes H S | Mercedes | Mercedes Isd | 14% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 974 |
| #1610 | D- | The East Austin College Prep At Mlk (Charter) | Austin | Valere Public Schools | 14% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 226 |
| #1611 | D- | Andy Dekaney | Houston | Spring Isd | 13% | 28% | Underperforms Expectations | 2,401 |
| #1612 | D- | Beaumont United (Magnet) | Beaumont | Beaumont Isd | 13% | 15% | Meets Expectations | 2,131 |
| #1613 | D- | Polytechnic | Fort Worth | Fort Worth Isd | 13% | 15% | Meets Expectations | 1,277 |
| #1614 | D- | San Benito H S (K-12) | San Benito | San Benito Cisd | 13% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 2,012 |
| #1615 | D- | Jubilee San Antonio (Charter, K-12) | San Antonio | Jubilee Academies | 12% | 19% | Meets Expectations | 1,010 |
| #1616 | D- | Lanier (Magnet) | San Antonio | San Antonio Isd | 12% | 17% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,547 |
| #1617 | D- | Ralls H S | Ralls | Ralls Isd | 12% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 153 |
| #1618 | D- | Santa Maria H S | Santa Maria | Santa Maria Isd | 12% | 17% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 162 |
| #1619 | D- | Legacy Prep Charter Academy Mesquite West Campus (Charter, K-12) | Mesquite | Legacy Preparatory | 11% | 26% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,133 |
| #1620 | D- | Jubilee Lake View University Prep (Charter, K-12) | San Antonio | Jubilee Academies | 10% | 17% | Meets Expectations | 538 |
| #1621 | D- | Lohn School (K-12) | Lohn | Lohn Isd | 9% | 21% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 131 |
| #1622 | F | Tekoa Academy Of Accelerated Studies (Charter) | Port Arthur | Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies Stem School | 10% | 16% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 52 |
| #1623 | F | Hearne Jhhs Hearne | Hearne | Hearne Isd | 9% | 15% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 343 |
| #1624 | F | Monte Alto H S | Monte Alto | Monte Alto Isd | 9% | 12% | Meets Expectations | 295 |
| #1625 | F | Ranger H S | Ranger | Ranger Isd | 9% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 97 |
| #1626 | F | Marlin High | Marlin | Marlin Isd | 8% | 13% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 243 |
About this ranking
- Scope: every public high school in Texas.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works