NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Templeton, CA

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

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7
Schools
2,214
Students
33.9/100
Avg Resource Index
22.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Templeton has more public-school enrollment than 16% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Templeton's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 7 listed Templeton schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Templeton lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 725 students, a 56-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 84%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
6th percentile

Templeton High accounts for 32.7% of all Templeton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Templeton-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

Templeton school enrollment varies 56× across entities

Templeton school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 725 students (highest), a spread of 712 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Templeton operates one school district — a single-district system

Templeton's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Templeton student-teacher ratio is 22.8:1 — 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. Eagle Canyon High 55
2. Templeton Home 42
3. Vineyard Elementary 35
4. Templeton Middle 34
5. Templeton High 31
6. Templeton Elementary 25
7. Templeton Independent Study High 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Templeton

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 Templeton Home 68.6/100
  2. 2 Templeton Elementary 63.8/100
  3. 3 Templeton Independent Study High 61.1/100
  4. 4 Eagle Canyon High 55.6/100
  5. 5 Templeton Middle 55.4/100

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Which Templeton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eagle Canyon High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Templeton schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Templeton, CA? ▼

Templeton has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,214 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.8:1.

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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.