NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in The Colony, TX

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

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9
Schools
5,323
Students
54.4/100
Avg Resource Index
11.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, The Colony has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. The Colony lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of The Colony's 9 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 15-point gap between Prestwick El and Camey El shows the range hidden by The Colony'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 42%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
95th percentile
Teacher staffing
91st percentile

The Colony H S accounts for 33.9% of all The Colony public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means The Colony-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

The Colony school enrollment varies 6.6× across entities

The Colony school enrollment ranges from 274 students (lowest) to 1,803 students (highest), a spread of 1,529 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

The Colony student-teacher ratio is 11.6:1 — 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. Prestwick El 64
2. B B Owen El 62
3. Lakeview Middle 59
4. Peters Colony El 53
5. Griffin Middle 52
6. Ethridge El 52
7. The Colony H S 50
8. Camey El 49
9. Morningside El 49

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in The Colony

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 Morningside El 73.9/100
  2. 2 Camey El 72.6/100
  3. 3 B B Owen El 72.5/100
  4. 4 The Colony H S 71.2/100
  5. 5 Griffin Middle 70.6/100

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Which The Colony school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Prestwick El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the The Colony schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in The Colony, TX? ▼

The Colony has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,323 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.6:1.

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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.