NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Kingwood, TX

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

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16
Schools
15,188
Students
38.3/100
Avg Resource Index
15.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kingwood has more public-school enrollment than 89% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kingwood 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

10 of Kingwood's 16 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 47-point gap between Hidden Hollow El and West Fork H S shows the range hidden by Kingwood'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 11%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
38th percentile
Teacher staffing
44th percentile

Kingwood H S accounts for 18.9% of all Kingwood public-school enrollment

That concentration means Kingwood-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

Kingwood school enrollment varies 8.4× across entities

Kingwood school enrollment ranges from 343 students (lowest) to 2,877 students (highest), a spread of 2,534 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

Kingwood student-teacher ratio is 15.9:1 — 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 Kingwood is typically wider than the Kingwood-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Hidden Hollow El 47
2. Riverwood Middle 46
3. Creekwood Middle 45
4. Willow Creek El 45
5. Bear Branch El 44
6. Shadow Forest El 43
7. Greentree El 42
8. Deerwood El 42
9. Foster El 42
10. Kingwood H S 41
11. Elm Grove El 39
12. Woodland Hills El 37
13. Kingwood Middle 35
14. Kings Manor El 35
15. Kingwood Park H S 30
16. West Fork H S -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kingwood

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 Kings Manor El 74.0/100
  2. 2 Elm Grove El 68.8/100
  3. 3 Kingwood Middle 66.2/100
  4. 4 Foster El 64.9/100
  5. 5 West Fork H S 62.1/100

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Which Kingwood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hidden Hollow El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kingwood schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kingwood, TX? ▼

Kingwood has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,188 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.9:1.

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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.