NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Gladewater, TX

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

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9
Schools
3,078
Students
50.6/100
Avg Resource Index
11.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gladewater has more public-school enrollment than 30% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Gladewater lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Gladewater's list includes 1 elementary, 3 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between Union Grove El and Gladewater Pri shows the range hidden by Gladewater'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 70%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
88th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

Weldon El accounts for 15.8% of all Gladewater public-school enrollment

That concentration means Gladewater-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

Gladewater school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities

Gladewater school enrollment ranges from 112 students (lowest) to 485 students (highest), a spread of 373 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Gladewater reports 58.2% 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

Gladewater student-teacher ratio is 11.2:1 — 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. Union Grove El 65
2. Sabine H S 61
3. Sabine Middle 61
4. Union Grove J H 58
5. Union Grove H S 51
6. Gladewater H S 48
7. Gladewater Middle 41
8. Weldon El 36
9. Gladewater Pri 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gladewater

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 Gladewater Pri 68.7/100
  2. 2 Gladewater Middle 65.1/100
  3. 3 Weldon El 64.5/100
  4. 4 Gladewater H S 63.8/100
  5. 5 Sabine H S 47.3/100

What do families ask about schools in Gladewater?

Which Gladewater school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Union Grove El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gladewater schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gladewater, TX? ▼

Gladewater has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,078 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.2:1.

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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.