NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Dickinson, TX

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15 public K-12 schools in Dickinson 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
9,540
Students
40.2/100
Avg Resource Index
11.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Dickinson has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Dickinson H S enrolls 39.9% of Dickinson's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Dickinson'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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Dickinson's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 46th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 93rd percentile. The 47-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 21%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
46th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

Dickinson H S accounts for 39.9% of all Dickinson public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Dickinson-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Dickinson school enrollment varies 3810× across entities

Dickinson school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 3,810 students (highest), a spread of 3,809 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

Dickinson reports 61.2% 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

Dickinson student-teacher ratio is 11.3:1 — 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. Transforming Lives Cooperative (Tlc) 56
2. Galveston Co Detention Ctr 49
3. Eugene 'Gene' Kranz J H 42
4. Jake Silbernagel El 42
5. John and Shamarion Barber Middle 41
6. Dickinson Continuation Center 41
7. R D Mcadams J H 39
8. Calder Road El 38
9. Bay Colony El 37
10. Dickinson H S 36
11. Hughes Road El 36
12. Dunbar Middle 33
13. San Leon El 33
14. Galveston Co Jjaep -
15. Galveston Co J J a E P -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Dickinson

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 Hughes Road El 67.0/100
  2. 2 Galveston Co Detention Ctr 66.3/100
  3. 3 Calder Road El 66.1/100
  4. 4 Dickinson H S 62.9/100
  5. 5 Dunbar Middle 60.7/100

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Which Dickinson school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Transforming Lives Cooperative (Tlc) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Dickinson schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Dickinson, TX? ▼

Dickinson has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,540 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.3:1.

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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.