NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Buda, TX

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

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15
Schools
12,840
Students
37.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Buda has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Buda 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Buda's 15 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 71-point gap between Alter Impact Ctr and Sunfield El shows the range hidden by Buda'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
Top 14%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
36th percentile
Teacher staffing
54th percentile

Moe and Gene Johnson H S accounts for 22.4% of all Buda public-school enrollment

That concentration means Buda-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

Buda school enrollment varies 137× across entities

Buda school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 2,870 students (highest), a spread of 2,849 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Buda student-teacher ratio is 15.0:1 — 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 Buda is typically wider than the Buda-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Buda's 15 listed schools are charters

13% 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. Alter Impact Ctr 78
2. Live Oak Academy 45
3. Olympia Hills 44
4. Carpenter Hill El 42
5. Moe and Gene Johnson H S 40
6. Elm Grove El 40
7. R C Barton Middle 38
8. Eric Dahlstrom Middle 37
9. Jack C Hays H S 36
10. Ralph Pfluger El 36
11. Doral Academy of Texas 32
12. Dr T C Mccormick Jr Middle 31
13. Buda El 31
14. Tom Green El 29
15. Sunfield El 7

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Buda

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 Buda El 59.9/100
  2. 2 Sunfield El 59.5/100
  3. 3 R C Barton Middle 58.9/100
  4. 4 Carpenter Hill El 56.3/100
  5. 5 Doral Academy of Texas 55.8/100

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Which Buda school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Alter Impact Ctr has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Buda schools in this federal-data comparison at 78/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Buda, TX? ▼

Buda has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,840 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15:1.

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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.