NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Vernon, TX

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

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7
Schools
1,945
Students
44.1/100
Avg Resource Index
13:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Vernon has more public-school enrollment than 11% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Vernon is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Vernon's 7 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Vernon lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 10 to 494 students, a 49-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 89%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
66th percentile
Teacher staffing
79th percentile

Shive El accounts for 25.4% of all Vernon public-school enrollment

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

Vernon school enrollment varies 49× across entities

Vernon school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 494 students (highest), a spread of 484 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

Vernon reports 61.8% 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

Vernon student-teacher ratio is 13.0:1 — 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. North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon 59
2. Northside School 53
3. T G Mccord El 48
4. Vernon Middle 42
5. Vernon H S 41
6. Shive El 36
7. Vernon Isd Opportunity Center 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Vernon

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 Shive El 67.5/100
  2. 2 Vernon H S 66.0/100
  3. 3 Vernon Middle 65.9/100
  4. 4 North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon 63.1/100
  5. 5 T G Mccord El 61.9/100

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Which Vernon school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Vernon schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Vernon, TX? ▼

Vernon has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,945 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13:1.

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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.