NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Weatherford, TX

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

15
Schools
9,755
Students
44.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Weatherford has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Weatherford 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

9 of Weatherford'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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 33-point gap between Peaster El and Weatherford H S shows the range hidden by Weatherford'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 20%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
69th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Weatherford H S accounts for 24.9% of all Weatherford public-school enrollment

That concentration means Weatherford-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

Weatherford school enrollment varies 19× across entities

Weatherford school enrollment ranges from 130 students (lowest) to 2,427 students (highest), a spread of 2,297 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Weatherford student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — 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. Peaster El 62
2. Garner Isd 58
3. Peaster J H 57
4. Wright El 47
5. Peaster H S 47
6. Martin El 46
7. Seguin El 45
8. Crockett El 45
9. Austin El 44
10. Ikard El 42
11. Tison Middle 39
12. Hall Middle 38
13. Curtis El 38
14. Crosstimbers Academy 35
15. Weatherford H S 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Weatherford

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 Ikard El 59.7/100
  2. 2 Wright El 56.3/100
  3. 3 Seguin El 55.9/100
  4. 4 Weatherford H S 53.5/100
  5. 5 Tison Middle 52.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Weatherford?

Which Weatherford school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Peaster El has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Weatherford schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Weatherford, TX?

Weatherford has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,755 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.