Best Elementary Schools rankings include 4 MISD schools
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Best Elementary Schools rankings include 4 MISD schools
Four Midlothian ISD elementary schools have earned the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Elementary School ranking. Congratulations to LaRue Miller, Mt Peak, McClatchey and Longbranch elementary schools for being named among the Best Elementary Schools.
These four schools join both Midlothian Heritage High School and Midlothian High School as recipients of the Best Schools ranking. Both MISD high schools earned the 2025-26 ranking.
This designation means these schools are among the Top 40% of elementary and middle school campuses in Texas. U.S. News & World Report includes more than 88,000 public schools ranked at the state and district levels. The 2026 Best Elementary and Best Middle Schools rankings are based on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education. The rankings methodology focused on state assessments of students who were proficient or above proficient in mathematics and reading/language arts, while accounting for student background and achievement in core subjects. Student-teacher ratios are applied to break ties in the overall score.