NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Houston, MN

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7 public K-12 schools in Houston 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
2,031
Students
39.3/100
Avg Resource Index
15.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Houston has more public-school enrollment than 13% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Houston sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Houston's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, 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

Houston lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 22 to 706 students, a 32-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 87%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
43rd percentile
Teacher staffing
47th percentile

Minnesota Virtual Academy High accounts for 34.8% of all Houston public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Houston-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

Houston school enrollment varies 32× across entities

Houston school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 706 students (highest), a spread of 684 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

Houston student-teacher ratio is 15.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Houston is typically wider than the Houston-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Houston's 7 listed schools are charters

14% 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. Ridgeway Community School 58
2. Houston Elementary 57
3. Houston Secondary 44
4. Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle 32
5. Minnesota Virtual Academy High 31
6. Summit Learning Program 30
7. Minnesota Virtual Academy Elementar 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Houston

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 Minnesota Virtual Academy Elementar 69.0/100
  2. 2 Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle 60.3/100
  3. 3 Minnesota Virtual Academy High 54.6/100
  4. 4 Houston Elementary 11.6/100
  5. 5 Houston Secondary 9.8/100

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Which Houston school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ridgeway Community School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Houston schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Houston, MN? ▼

Houston has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,031 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.6:1.

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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.