Public schools in Midland, TX

Midland has 49 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 12 high, 5 middle, 29 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 34,862 students. They are run by 7 districts and agencies; Midland ISD runs 40 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 7 districts and agencies that run Midland's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in MidlandDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Midland ISD4027,842$11,367
Greenwood ISD43,140$12,549
Texas Leadership Schools13,722$10,710
Midland Academy Charter School1385$9,127
Texas College Preparatory Academies116,478$10,324
Premier High Schools17,117$10,443
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)11,693$9,097

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.

12 high schools in Midland, 9,470 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Legacy High School2,73520.342.0%Midland ISD
Midland High School2,71819.042.6%Midland ISD
Legacy Freshman High School89014.345.3%Midland ISD
Greenwood High School87914.525.7%Greenwood ISD
Midland Freshman High School84519.346.7%Midland ISD
Young Women's Leadership Academy42419.229.0%Midland ISD
Early College H S at Midland College36522.835.3%Midland ISD
Viola M Coleman High School18013.256.1%Midland ISD
Premier H S of Midland16226.145.7%Premier High Schools
Richard Milburn Academy Midland South14930.247.0%Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)
The other 2 high schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Midland Alternative Program1228.968.9%Midland ISD
Barbara Culver Juvenile Detention Center10.5not reportedMidland 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.

5 middle schools in Midland, 4,712 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Goddard Junior High1,21017.752.7%Midland ISD
Abell Junior High1,12917.645.6%Midland ISD
James R Brooks Middle84316.829.3%Greenwood ISD
Alamo Junior High78615.756.1%Midland ISD
San Jacinto Junior High74415.739.7%Midland 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.

29 elementary schools in Midland, 18,273 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
General Tommy Franks Elementary95026.137.8%Midland ISD
Barbara Fasken Elementary90920.051.3%Midland ISD
Greathouse Elementary87221.931.7%Midland ISD
Ralph Bunche Elementary84122.085.0%Midland ISD
Santa Rita Elementary83527.548.7%Midland ISD
Greenwood Elementary82914.832.2%Greenwood ISD
Greenwood Intermediate82216.933.0%Greenwood ISD
Bonham Elementary69719.365.4%Midland ISD
Barbara Yarbrough Elementary69120.541.2%Midland ISD
De Zavala Elementary66921.085.5%Midland ISD
The other 19 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
South Elementary65129.788.6%Midland ISD
Henderson Elementary63322.874.9%Midland ISD
Carver Center60517.119.5%Midland ISD
Lamar Elementary60417.084.6%Midland ISD
Fannin Elementary60316.845.3%Midland ISD
Burnet Elementary58720.188.6%Midland ISD
Scharbauer Elementary57920.557.5%Midland ISD
Long Elementary57518.185.7%Midland ISD
James Bowie Fine Arts Academy57018.924.7%Midland ISD
Milam Elementary56120.160.1%Midland ISD
Pease Communications/Technology Academy54718.761.1%Midland ISD
Emerson Elementary52917.547.3%Midland ISD
Bush Elementary52716.757.9%Midland ISD
Rusk Elementary51618.158.5%Midland ISD
Jones Elementary48316.268.1%Midland ISD
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary48115.353.2%Midland ISD
Parker Elementary46814.845.3%Midland ISD
Midland Academy Charter School42115.434.0%Midland Academy Charter School
Classical Academy - Permian Basin21811.834.9%Texas College Preparatory Academies

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.

3 other schools in Midland, 2,407 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Idea Travis Academy1,29815.571.9%Midland ISD
Texas Leadership of Midland88816.939.2%Texas Leadership Schools
Pre-K Academy at Midland College22111.375.1%Midland 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 Midland's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Midland school has 18.4 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 86% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 605 students (state 507).

Midland against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
MidlandTexas
Median students per teacher18.414.5
Median school size (students)605507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)86%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)2.0%52%
Charter schools24%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 49 Midland 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 Midland

  1. Midland ISDRuns 40 of Midland's 49 public schools and spent $11,367 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,367
  2. Legacy High School, the largest high school in Midland2,735 students in 2024-25, 20.3 per teacher.2,735
  3. Compare Midland ISD with Greenwood ISDMidland'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 Midland 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 Midland

  1. How many public schools are in Midland, TX?
    49 public schools with an address in Midland were open in 2024-25: 12 high, 5 middle, 29 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 34,862 students. 12 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Midland?
    Legacy High School, with 2,735 students in 2024-25 (Midland ISD).
  3. Which districts run Midland's schools?
    Midland ISD (40 schools), Greenwood ISD (4 schools), Texas Leadership Schools (1 school), Midland Academy Charter School (1 school), and 3 more. 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

Compiled from official source data by .