NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Malakoff, TX

Compiled from official source data by .

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

PlainSchools home → About this data
7
Schools
1,658
Students
56.3/100
Avg Resource Index
11:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Malakoff has more public-school enrollment than 7% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Malakoff 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Malakoff's 7 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Malakoff lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 8 to 429 students, a 54-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 93%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
97th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Malakoff El accounts for 25.9% of all Malakoff public-school enrollment

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

Malakoff school enrollment varies 54× across entities

Malakoff school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 429 students (highest), a spread of 421 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Malakoff reports 63.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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

Malakoff student-teacher ratio is 11.0:1 — 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. Cross Roads H S 71
2. Cross Roads J H 65
3. Cross Roads El 57
4. Malakoff H S 56
5. Malakoff Middle 51
6. Malakoff Alternative Program (Map) 49
7. Malakoff El 45

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Malakoff

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 Malakoff El 60.3/100
  2. 2 Malakoff Middle 56.7/100
  3. 3 Malakoff H S 55.6/100
  4. 4 Cross Roads J H 41.2/100
  5. 5 Cross Roads H S 33.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Malakoff?

Which Malakoff school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cross Roads H S has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Malakoff schools in this federal-data comparison at 71/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Malakoff, TX? ▼

Malakoff has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,658 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11:1.

Other Cities in Texas

Houston
769 schools
San Antonio
552 schools
Dallas
361 schools
Fort Worth
264 schools
Austin
262 schools
El Paso
219 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in Texas →

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.