Best High Schools in Texas for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Texas!

Every year, the Texas Education Agency shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Texas test scores and rankings. Other leading school comparison sites use data that is up to FOUR years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAAR EOC test scores by the Texas Education Agency. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1546)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Memorial Early College High School	Public	9-12	1419 N Business 35	New Braunfels	78130	Comal County	Comal Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 221-2900	307	22	13.9	30.0%	159 (51.8%)	5 (1.6%)	109 (35.5%)	13 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.5%)	$8,570			$527			$8,043	99.9%	99.0%	0.94%			481473012564
2	T H Rogers School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	5840 San Felipe St	Houston	77057	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(713) 917-3565	1,058	62	17.1	15.4%	168 (15.9%)	102 (9.6%)	110 (10.4%)	609 (57.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (6.2%)	$10,840			$836			$10,005	99.9%	98.8%	1.03%			482364006272
3	School Of Science And Engineering	Public, Magnet	9-12	1201 E Eighth St	Dallas	75203	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 925-5960	495	26	19	65.1%	52 (10.5%)	32 (6.5%)	360 (72.7%)	41 (8.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.4%)	$9,146			$768			$8,378	99.8%	99.9%	0.09%			481623003641
4	Lasa High School	Public	9-12	1012 Arthur Stiles Rd	Austin	78721	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 414-2589	1,518	83	18.3	11.5%	659 (43.4%)	36 (2.4%)	340 (22.4%)	356 (23.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (8.3%)	$9,936			$311			$9,625	99.7%	99.7%	0.04%			480894011930
5	Bryan Collegiate High School	Public	9-12	1901 Villa Maria	Bryan	77802	Brazos County	Bryan Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(979) 209-2793	459	22	21.2	75.2%	68 (14.8%)	16 (3.5%)	364 (79.3%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$7,877			$1,147			$6,731	99.7%	92.9%	6.82%			481179011507
5	Idea College Preparatory Pharr	Public, Charter	6-12	600 E Las Milpas Rd	Pharr	78577	Hidalgo County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 283-1515	863	43	19.9	94.2%	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	853 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,304			$1,691			$8,613	99.7%	59.3%	40.39%			480021112390
7	Rrisd Early College High School	Public	9-12	4400 College Park Dr	Round Rock	78665	Williamson County	Round Rock Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 704-1650	387	20	19.1	28.7%	157 (40.6%)	44 (11.4%)	126 (32.6%)	42 (10.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	$7,649			$376			$7,273	99.5%	95.8%	3.77%			483808013545
8	Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy At A Maceo Smith	Public, Magnet	6-12	3030 Stag	Dallas	75241	Dallas County	Dallas Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 749-2100	541	32	16.9	87.8%	9 (1.7%)	93 (17.2%)	424 (78.4%)	6 (1.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	$10,118			$1,153			$8,965	99.5%	93.8%	5.72%			481623012569
9	Hill Country College Prep High School	Public	9-12	3615 Mustang Vista	Bulverde	78163	Comal County	Comal Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 221-2000	174	16	10.5	20.1%	87 (50.0%)	9 (5.2%)	62 (35.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	13 (7.5%)	$34,130			$1,661			$32,470	99.4%	99.4%	0.02%			481473014081
10	Iuniversity Prep	Public, Virtual, Magnet	5-12	3051 Ira E Woods Ave	Grapevine	76051	Tarrant County	Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	Yes	No	(817) 305-4895	1,332	40	33.2		779 (58.5%)	76 (5.7%)	238 (17.9%)	144 (10.8%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	88 (6.6%)	$6,042			$460			$5,582	99.4%	97.3%	2.02%			482166013033

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR EOC Algebra I, STAAR EOC Biology, STAAR EOC English I Reading, STAAR EOC English II Reading, STAAR EOC U.S. History test scores released by the Texas Education Agency.
These rankings were last updated on September 11, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Texas Education Agency, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.