NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Burkburnett, TX

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

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5
Schools
2,763
Students
43.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Burkburnett has more public-school enrollment than 25% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Burkburnett's 5 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

2 of the 5 listed Burkburnett 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

Burkburnett lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 25 to 901 students, a 36-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 75%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
87th percentile

Burkburnett H S accounts for 32.6% of all Burkburnett public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Burkburnett-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

Burkburnett school enrollment varies 36× across entities

Burkburnett school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 901 students (highest), a spread of 876 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

Burkburnett operates one school district — a single-district system

Burkburnett'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

Burkburnett student-teacher ratio is 12.2:1 — 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. Gateway Student Support Ctr 55
2. Burkburnett H S 50
3. I C Evans El 39
4. Burkburnett Middle 38
5. Overton Ray El 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Burkburnett

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 I C Evans El 55.2/100
  2. 2 Burkburnett Middle 54.0/100
  3. 3 Burkburnett H S 52.2/100
  4. 4 Overton Ray El 49.6/100
  5. 5 Gateway Student Support Ctr 33.3/100

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Which Burkburnett school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Gateway Student Support Ctr has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Burkburnett 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 Burkburnett, TX? ▼

Burkburnett has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,763 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.2:1.

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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.