Public schools in Lockhart, TX

Lockhart has 10 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,476 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Lockhart ISD runs 8 of them.

The 3 districts and agencies that run Lockhart's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in LockhartDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Lockhart ISD86,443$11,451
Trinity Charter Schools1320$26,300
The Excel Center (for Adults)11,060$10,103

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Lockhart, 2,324 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Lockhart, 1,501 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lockhart Junior High1,50118.565.8%Lockhart ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Lockhart, 2,326 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Navarro Elementary66717.665.7%Lockhart ISD
Bluebonnet Elementary61416.964.5%Lockhart ISD
Clear Fork Elementary52318.653.0%Lockhart ISD
Plum Creek Elementary52215.478.5%Lockhart ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Lockhart, 325 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
George W Carver Early Education Center32518.192.3%Lockhart ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Lockhart's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Lockhart school has 16.4 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 60% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 523 students (state 507).

Lockhart against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
LockhartTexas
Median students per teacher16.414.5
Median school size (students)523507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)60%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)80%52%
Charter schools20%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 10 Lockhart schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Lockhart

  1. Lockhart ISDRuns 8 of Lockhart's 10 public schools and spent $11,451 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,451
  2. Lockhart High School, the largest high school in Lockhart2,006 students in 2024-25, 15.8 per teacher.2,006
  3. Compare Lockhart ISD with Trinity Charter SchoolsLockhart's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Lockhart addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Lockhart

  1. How many public schools are in Lockhart, TX?
    10 public schools with an address in Lockhart were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,476 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Lockhart?
    Lockhart High School, with 2,006 students in 2024-25 (Lockhart ISD).
  3. Which districts run Lockhart's schools?
    Lockhart ISD (8 schools), Trinity Charter Schools (1 school), The Excel Center (for Adults) (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25