NCES CCD 2024-25 24 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Temple, TX

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

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24
Schools
15,009
Students
40.7/100
Avg Resource Index
13.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Temple has more public-school enrollment than 89% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Temple 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

12 of Temple's 24 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 42-point gap between Scott & White Hospital and Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy shows the range hidden by Temple'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 11%
School count
Top 11%
Resource Index average
49th percentile
Teacher staffing
72nd percentile

Temple H S accounts for 15.5% of all Temple public-school enrollment

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

Temple school enrollment varies 2320× across entities

Temple school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 2,320 students (highest), a spread of 2,319 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Temple reports 52.9% free-lunch eligibility

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

Temple student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1 — 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. Scott & White Hospital 63
2. Joe M Pirtle El 54
3. Fred W Edwards Academy Aec 51
4. Wheatley Alternative Education Center 51
5. Lake Belton Middle 47
6. North Belton Middle 46
7. Bonham Middle 45
8. Hector P Garcia El 43
9. Kennedy-Powell El 43
10. Charter Oak El 41
11. Western Hills El 41
12. Travis Science Academy 40
13. Temple Charter Academy 40
14. Lake Belton H S 39
15. High Point El 37
16. Tarver El 37
17. Cater El 37
18. Thornton El 36
19. Lamar Middle 36
20. Raye-Allen El 36
21. Scott El 34
22. Temple H S 32
23. Jefferson El 26
24. Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Temple

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 Temple Charter Academy 72.0/100
  2. 2 Raye-Allen El 71.6/100
  3. 3 Tarver El 71.5/100
  4. 4 Kennedy-Powell El 70.8/100
  5. 5 Western Hills El 70.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Temple?

Which Temple school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Scott & White Hospital has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Temple schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Temple, TX? ▼

Temple has 24 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,009 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.6:1.

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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.