NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Helotes, TX

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

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6
Schools
5,223
Students
41.7/100
Avg Resource Index
16.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Helotes has more public-school enrollment than 57% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. O'connor H S enrolls 48.5% of Helotes'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

4 of Helotes's 6 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 62-point gap between Los Reyes El and Great Hearts Invictus shows the range hidden by Helotes'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 43%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
54th percentile
Teacher staffing
41st percentile

O'connor H S accounts for 48.5% of all Helotes public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Helotes a distant remainder — means Helotes-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

Helotes school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities

Helotes school enrollment ranges from 316 students (lowest) to 2,535 students (highest), a spread of 2,219 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

Helotes student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1 — 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 Helotes is typically wider than the Helotes-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Helotes's 6 listed schools are charters

17% 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. Los Reyes El 62
2. Helotes El 53
3. Beard El 47
4. O'connor H S 45
5. Kuentz El 43
6. Great Hearts Invictus -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Helotes

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 Beard El 64.8/100
  2. 2 Great Hearts Invictus 58.8/100
  3. 3 Helotes El 56.5/100
  4. 4 Kuentz El 53.2/100
  5. 5 O'connor H S 51.6/100

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Which Helotes school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Los Reyes El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Helotes schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Helotes, TX? ▼

Helotes has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,223 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.2:1.

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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.