NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Brownwood, TX

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

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9
Schools
3,515
Students
55.2/100
Avg Resource Index
11.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Brownwood has more public-school enrollment than 37% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Brownwood lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Brownwood's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Brownwood lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 17 to 935 students, a 55-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 63%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
96th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

Brownwood H S accounts for 26.6% of all Brownwood public-school enrollment

That concentration means Brownwood-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

Brownwood school enrollment varies 55× across entities

Brownwood school enrollment ranges from 17 students (lowest) to 935 students (highest), a spread of 918 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

Brownwood reports 60.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brownwood student-teacher ratio is 11.2:1 — 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. Brownwood Accelerated H S 77
2. Mullin Oaks 68
3. Lone Star H S West 57
4. East El 56
5. Woodland Heights El 52
6. Northwest El 50
7. Coggin El 46
8. Brownwood Middle 46
9. Brownwood H S 45

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Brownwood

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 Lone Star H S West 63.1/100
  2. 2 Northwest El 59.4/100
  3. 3 Coggin El 58.5/100
  4. 4 Brownwood H S 58.2/100
  5. 5 East El 57.5/100

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Which Brownwood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Brownwood Accelerated H S has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Brownwood schools in this federal-data comparison at 77/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Brownwood, TX? ▼

Brownwood has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,515 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.2:1.

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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.