NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Bishop, CA

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6 public K-12 schools in Bishop from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,932
Students
41.3/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bishop has more public-school enrollment than 11% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bishop Elementary enrolls 43.1% of Bishop's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Bishop's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Bishop lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 3 to 832 students, a 277-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 89%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
52nd percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Bishop Elementary accounts for 43.1% of all Bishop public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bishop-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bishop school enrollment varies 277× across entities

Bishop school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 832 students (highest), a spread of 829 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bishop student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Keith B. Bright High (Juvenile Hall) 72
2. Jill Kinmont Boothe 51
3. Round Valley Elementary 42
4. Bishop Union High 32
5. Home Street Middle 29
6. Bishop Elementary 22

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bishop

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Home Street Middle 68.7/100
  2. 2 Bishop Elementary 68.4/100
  3. 3 Bishop Union High 67.2/100
  4. 4 Round Valley Elementary 45.6/100
  5. 5 Keith B. Bright High (Juvenile Hall) 44.4/100

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Which Bishop school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Keith B. Bright High (Juvenile Hall) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bishop schools in this federal-data comparison at 72/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bishop, CA? ▼

Bishop has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,932 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.