NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Orange, TX

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

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13
Schools
6,561
Students
41.5/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Orange has more public-school enrollment than 67% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Orange 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

7 of Orange's 13 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 30-point gap between Little Cypress Int and West Orange-Stark El shows the range hidden by Orange'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 33%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
53rd percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

West Orange-Stark El accounts for 17.3% of all Orange public-school enrollment

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

Orange school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Orange school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 1,133 students (highest), a spread of 1,048 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Orange reports 66.0% 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

Orange student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — 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. Little Cypress Int 56
2. Deweyville H S 53
3. Deweyville El 51
4. Mauriceville Middle 48
5. Little Cypress J H 47
6. Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies - Orange 43
7. Little Cypress El 41
8. Lit Cypr-Mrceville H S 40
9. Mauriceville El 40
10. M B North E C Lrn Ctr 33
11. West Orange-Stark H S 31
12. West Orange-Stark Middle 30
13. West Orange-Stark El 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Orange

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 West Orange-Stark Middle 64.3/100
  2. 2 West Orange-Stark El 63.9/100
  3. 3 West Orange-Stark H S 60.7/100
  4. 4 M B North E C Lrn Ctr 60.3/100
  5. 5 Little Cypress El 50.7/100

What do families ask about schools in Orange?

Which Orange school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Little Cypress Int has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Orange schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Orange, TX? ▼

Orange has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,561 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.