NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Galt, CA

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

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10
Schools
5,375
Students
23.2/100
Avg Resource Index
23.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Galt has more public-school enrollment than 59% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Galt's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Galt's 10 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Galt lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 76 to 959 students, a 13-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 41%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
2nd percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Galt High accounts for 17.8% of all Galt public-school enrollment

That concentration means Galt-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Galt school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Galt school enrollment ranges from 76 students (lowest) to 959 students (highest), a spread of 883 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Galt student-teacher ratio is 23.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Liberty Ranch High 33
2. River Oaks Elementary 30
3. Estrellita Continuation High 29
4. Robert L. Mccaffrey Middle 28
5. Lake Canyon Elementary 28
6. Marengo Ranch Elementary 25
7. Vernon E. Greer Elementary 24
8. Galt High 18
9. Valley Oaks Elementary 17
10. Fairsite Elementary -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Galt

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 River Oaks Elementary 59.5/100
  2. 2 Liberty Ranch High 59.0/100
  3. 3 Lake Canyon Elementary 58.6/100
  4. 4 Marengo Ranch Elementary 57.4/100
  5. 5 Robert L. Mccaffrey Middle 55.4/100

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Which Galt school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Liberty Ranch High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Galt schools in this federal-data comparison at 33/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Galt, CA? ▼

Galt has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,375 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.2:1.

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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.