NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Hurst, TX

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9 public K-12 schools in Hurst 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
6,987
Students
43.2/100
Avg Resource Index
16.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

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

7 of Hurst's 9 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 35-point gap between W a Porter El and Grapevine-Colleyville Collegiate Academy at Tcc Ne shows the range hidden by Hurst'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 46%
Resource Index average
61st percentile
Teacher staffing
36th percentile

Bell H S accounts for 34.5% of all Hurst public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Hurst-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

Hurst school enrollment varies 6.7× across entities

Hurst school enrollment ranges from 358 students (lowest) to 2,411 students (highest), a spread of 2,053 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

Hurst reports 54.6% 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

Hurst student-teacher ratio is 16.7:1 — 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 Hurst is typically wider than the Hurst-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. W a Porter El 64
2. Donna Park 48
3. Harrison Lane El 45
4. Hurst Hills El 45
5. Shady Oaks El 42
6. Hurst J H 41
7. Bellaire El 39
8. Bell H S 36
9. Grapevine-Colleyville Collegiate Academy at Tcc Ne 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hurst

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 Harrison Lane El 73.5/100
  2. 2 Hurst J H 71.7/100
  3. 3 Hurst Hills El 71.6/100
  4. 4 Bell H S 71.4/100
  5. 5 Donna Park 71.0/100

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Which Hurst school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

W a Porter El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hurst schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hurst, TX? ▼

Hurst has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,987 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.7:1.

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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.