NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Midlothian, TX

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

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12
Schools
10,750
Students
42.3/100
Avg Resource Index
16.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Midlothian has more public-school enrollment than 82% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Midlothian 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

6 of Midlothian's 12 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 43-point gap between Larue Miller El and Jean Coleman El shows the range hidden by Midlothian'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 18%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
57th percentile
Teacher staffing
37th percentile

Midlothian H S accounts for 18.4% of all Midlothian public-school enrollment

That concentration means Midlothian-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

Midlothian school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

Midlothian school enrollment ranges from 500 students (lowest) to 1,976 students (highest), a spread of 1,476 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

Midlothian operates one school district — a single-district system

Midlothian's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Midlothian student-teacher ratio is 16.6:1 — 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 Midlothian is typically wider than the Midlothian-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Larue Miller El 59
2. Frank Seale Middle 48
3. Longbranch El 48
4. T E Baxter El 48
5. Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle 44
6. Mt Peak El 43
7. Walnut Grove Middle 42
8. J a Vitovsky El 41
9. Irvin El 41
10. Midlothian Heritage H S 40
11. Midlothian H S 38
12. Jean Coleman El 16

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Midlothian

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 Frank Seale Middle 69.8/100
  2. 2 J a Vitovsky El 67.4/100
  3. 3 Jean Coleman El 65.6/100
  4. 4 Midlothian H S 65.2/100
  5. 5 Irvin El 64.7/100

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Which Midlothian school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Larue Miller El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Midlothian schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Midlothian, TX? ▼

Midlothian has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,750 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.6:1.

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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.