NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Morgan Hill, CA

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

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12
Schools
7,290
Students
28/100
Avg Resource Index
23.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Morgan Hill has more public-school enrollment than 70% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Morgan Hill'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

8 of Morgan Hill's 12 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 47-point gap between Central High (Continuation) and Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hill shows the range hidden by Morgan Hill's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
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School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
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Ann Sobrato High accounts for 20.7% of all Morgan Hill public-school enrollment

That concentration means Morgan Hill-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

Morgan Hill school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Morgan Hill school enrollment ranges from 83 students (lowest) to 1,511 students (highest), a spread of 1,428 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

Morgan Hill student-teacher ratio is 23.6:1 — 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

2 of Morgan Hill's 12 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Central High (Continuation) 57
2. Ann Sobrato High 37
3. Charter School of Morgan Hill 36
4. Live Oak High 34
5. Nordstrom Elementary 33
6. Lewis H. Britton Middle 28
7. Jackson Academy of Music and Math (Jamm) 27
8. Paradise Valley Engineering Academy 26
9. P. a. Walsh Steam Academy 18
10. Barrett Elementary 16
11. El Toro Health Science Academy 14
12. Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hill 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Morgan Hill

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 Nordstrom Elementary 73.5/100
  2. 2 Paradise Valley Engineering Academy 69.8/100
  3. 3 Jackson Academy of Music and Math (Jamm) 68.6/100
  4. 4 Ann Sobrato High 68.4/100
  5. 5 Charter School of Morgan Hill 67.7/100

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Which Morgan Hill school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Central High (Continuation) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Morgan Hill schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Morgan Hill, CA? ▼

Morgan Hill has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,290 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.6:1.

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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.