15 public K-12 schools in Rowlett from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rowlett has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rowlett's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.
10 of Rowlett's 15 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 47-point gap between Education Center International Academy 2 and Coyle Middle Technology Center for Math and Scienc shows the range hidden by Rowlett'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.
That concentration means Rowlett-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
Rowlett school enrollment ranges from 90 students (lowest) to 2,156 students (highest), a spread of 2,066 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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
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 Rowlett is typically wider than the Rowlett-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Education Center International Academy 2 | 47 |
| 2. | Vernon Schrade Middle | 44 |
| 3. | Coyle Middle | 42 |
| 4. | Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe El | 41 |
| 5. | Herfurth El | 40 |
| 6. | Rowlett H S | 38 |
| 7. | Keeley El | 38 |
| 8. | Back El | 38 |
| 9. | Norma Dorsey El | 37 |
| 10. | Rowlett El | 37 |
| 11. | Steadham El | 36 |
| 12. | Nita Pearson El | 34 |
| 13. | Katherine Stephens El | 33 |
| 14. | Liberty Grove El | 28 |
| 15. | Coyle Middle Technology Center for Math and Scienc | - |
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.
Education Center International Academy 2 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rowlett schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Rowlett has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,542 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.
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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.
