NCES CCD 2024-25 31 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Pearland, TX

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

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31
Schools
28,349
Students
47.8/100
Avg Resource Index
15.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pearland has more public-school enrollment than 96% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pearland 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

16 of Pearland's 31 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Pearland's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 80th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 45th percentile. The 35-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 4%
School count
Top 8%
Resource Index average
80th percentile
Teacher staffing
45th percentile

Pearland school enrollment varies 36× across entities

Pearland school enrollment ranges from 96 students (lowest) to 3,412 students (highest), a spread of 3,316 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

Pearland student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — 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 Pearland is typically wider than the Pearland-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Pace Center 79
2. Berry Miller J H 55
3. Pearland J H West 54
4. Pearland J H South 54
5. Pearland J H East 52
6. Rogers Middle 52
7. Horizon Montessori Pearland - Stem Academy 52
8. Shadow Creek H S 49
9. Glenda Dawson H S 49
10. Nolan Ryan J H 49
11. Shirley Dill Brothers El 49
12. Glenn York El 48
13. Sam Jamison Middle 47
14. Silvercrest El 47
15. Shadycrest El 47
16. Pearland H S 46
17. Dr Ronald E Mcnair J H 46
18. Alexander Middle 46
19. Robert Turner College and Career H S 45
20. Leon H Sablatura Middle 45
21. H C Carleston El 44
22. Magnolia El 44
23. Silverlake El 44
24. Laura Ingalls Wilder El 44
25. Challenger El 44
26. E a Lawhon El 43
27. Mary Burks Marek El 43
28. Barbara Cockrell El 43
29. Rustic Oak El 42
30. Massey Ranch El 42
31. C J Harris El 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pearland

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 Silverlake El 77.8/100
  2. 2 Berry Miller J H 77.3/100
  3. 3 Challenger El 77.3/100
  4. 4 Rogers Middle 77.2/100
  5. 5 Glenn York El 76.9/100

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Which Pearland school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pace Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pearland schools in this federal-data comparison at 79/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pearland, TX? ▼

Pearland has 31 public schools with a total enrollment of 28,349 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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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.