NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Palestine, TX

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13 public K-12 schools in Palestine 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
5,173
Students
44.5/100
Avg Resource Index
13.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Palestine has more public-school enrollment than 57% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Palestine 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Palestine's list includes 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 5 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 25-point gap between Westwood J H and Washington Early Childhood Center shows the range hidden by Palestine'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 43%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
74th percentile

Palestine H S accounts for 19.4% of all Palestine public-school enrollment

That concentration means Palestine-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

Palestine school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities

Palestine school enrollment ranges from 142 students (lowest) to 1,003 students (highest), a spread of 861 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

Palestine reports 73.1% 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

Palestine student-teacher ratio is 13.4:1 — 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. Westwood J H 61
2. Neches H S 51
3. Palestine H S 46
4. Westwood Pri 46
5. Southside El 45
6. Neches El 45
7. Palestine J H 44
8. Westwood H S 44
9. Westwood El 43
10. Story Int 41
11. Ut Tyler University Academy at Palestine 40
12. Northside Pri 37
13. Washington Early Childhood Center 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Palestine

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 Southside El 69.5/100
  2. 2 Northside Pri 69.4/100
  3. 3 Washington Early Childhood Center 68.1/100
  4. 4 Westwood Pri 67.7/100
  5. 5 Palestine J H 67.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Palestine?

Which Palestine school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Westwood J H has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Palestine schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Palestine, TX? ▼

Palestine has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,173 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.4:1.

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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.