NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Coppell, TX

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15 public K-12 schools in Coppell 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
12,288
Students
49.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large system with a dominant campus

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Coppell has more public-school enrollment than 85% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Coppell sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Coppell H S alone enrolls 33.1% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Coppell'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.

Economic-need coverage is incomplete

Free-lunch eligibility is reported for schools covering 36.4% of Coppell's listed enrollment. Because the remaining enrollment is outside that calculation, the measured percentage should not be generalized to every local student. The Resource Investment Index uses other reported federal fields and has its own coverage limits. Treat the city figures as a map of available records: inspect a campus's source fields before using economic need or resource position in a comparison.

City enrollment
Top 15%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Coppell H S accounts for 33.1% of all Coppell public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Coppell-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

Coppell school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Coppell school enrollment ranges from 321 students (lowest) to 4,068 students (highest), a spread of 3,747 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Coppell student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — 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 Coppell is typically wider than the Coppell-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Coppell'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. New Tech H S at Coppell 58
2. Lakeside El 57
3. Pinkerton El 57
4. Cottonwood Creek El 55
5. Mockingbird El 53
6. Town Center El 52
7. Wilson El 50
8. Coppell H S 49
9. Coppell Middle East 48
10. Austin El 48
11. Denton Creek El 48
12. Coppell Middle North 45
13. Coppell Classical Academy 45
14. Universal Academy - Coppell 41
15. Riverchase Ele 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Coppell

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 Coppell Classical Academy 76.0/100
  2. 2 Riverchase Ele 70.4/100
  3. 3 Coppell Middle North 70.1/100
  4. 4 New Tech H S at Coppell 70.0/100
  5. 5 Pinkerton El 69.2/100

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Which Coppell school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

New Tech H S at Coppell has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Coppell 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 Coppell, TX? ▼

Coppell has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,288 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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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.