NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Cleburne, TX

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15 public K-12 schools in Cleburne 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
6,915
Students
41.4/100
Avg Resource Index
12.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cleburne has more public-school enrollment than 69% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cleburne 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

9 of Cleburne'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 60-point gap between Team Sch and Johnson County J J a E P shows the range hidden by Cleburne'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 31%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
52nd percentile
Teacher staffing
84th percentile

Cleburne H S accounts for 26.7% of all Cleburne public-school enrollment

That concentration means Cleburne-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

Cleburne school enrollment varies 1849× across entities

Cleburne school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,849 students (highest), a spread of 1,848 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

Cleburne reports 63.8% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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

Cleburne student-teacher ratio is 12.5:1 — 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. Team Sch 75
2. Gerard El 46
3. Irving El 45
4. Adams El 45
5. Santa Fe El 44
6. Marti El 43
7. Cooke El 42
8. Coleman El 42
9. Lowell Smith Jr Middle 39
10. Cleburne H S 36
11. Ad Wheat Middle 36
12. Juvenile Justice Alternative 30
13. Johnson County J J a E P 15
14. Clearfork Academy South -
15. J J a E P -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cleburne

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 Marti El 61.0/100
  2. 2 Lowell Smith Jr Middle 60.9/100
  3. 3 Ad Wheat Middle 60.5/100
  4. 4 Cleburne H S 60.3/100
  5. 5 Coleman El 60.1/100

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Which Cleburne school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Team Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cleburne schools in this federal-data comparison at 75/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cleburne, TX? ▼

Cleburne has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,915 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.5:1.

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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.