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HOUSTON - Children At Risk released its 2024–25 Texas School Rankings this week, naming the state’s top public schools and highlighting improvements across regions despite years of stagnant school funding.
The annual report evaluates more than 7,000 public campuses using a mix of test performance, student growth, equity and college readiness metrics.
Children At Risk CEO on the results
What they're saying:
At a press conference in Houston announcing the region’s top schools, Children at Risk President and CEO Bob Sanborn said this year’s results show encouraging academic progress statewide, especially among campuses serving economically disadvantaged students.
"When we see this improvement like we're seeing, it's sort of an amazing thing. It means everyone's doing the r

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