Public schools in Wichita Falls, TX

Wichita Falls has 26 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 6 high, 3 middle, 16 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 10,546 students. They are run by 5 districts and agencies; Wichita Falls ISD runs 19 of them.

The 5 districts and agencies that run Wichita Falls's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Wichita FallsDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Wichita Falls ISD1913,296$10,200
City View ISD31,133$15,506
Burkburnett ISD23,211$12,173
Premier High Schools17,117$10,443
Iowa Park CISD11,895$11,672

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

6 high schools in Wichita Falls, 754 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
City View Junior/Senior High64610.967.6%City View ISD
Premier H S - Wichita Falls8813.170.5%Premier High Schools
Wichita County Juvenile Justice Aep153.066.7%Wichita Falls ISD
Wichita Co JJAEP2not reportednot reportedBurkburnett ISD
Wichita County J J a E P2not reportednot reportedCity View ISD
Iowa Park JJAEP1not reportednot reportedIowa Park CISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Wichita Falls, 2,624 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Barwise Middle1,16417.466.9%Wichita Falls ISD
Mcniel Middle99615.942.6%Wichita Falls ISD
Kirby Middle46414.884.5%Wichita Falls ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

16 elementary schools in Wichita Falls, 6,972 students

The other 6 elementary schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Wichita Falls, 196 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Brook Village Early Childhood19617.895.4%Wichita Falls ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Wichita Falls's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Wichita Falls school has 14.9 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Texas median of 14.5. 75% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 434 students (state 507).

Wichita Falls against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Wichita FallsTexas
Median students per teacher14.914.5
Median school size (students)434507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)75%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)7.7%52%
Charter schools3.8%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 26 Wichita Falls schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Wichita Falls

  1. Wichita Falls ISDRuns 19 of Wichita Falls's 26 public schools and spent $10,200 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,200
  2. City View Junior/Senior High, the largest high school in Wichita Falls646 students in 2024-25, 10.9 per teacher.646
  3. Compare Wichita Falls ISD with City View ISDWichita Falls's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Wichita Falls addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Wichita Falls

  1. How many public schools are in Wichita Falls, TX?
    26 public schools with an address in Wichita Falls were open in 2024-25: 6 high, 3 middle, 16 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 10,546 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Wichita Falls?
    City View Junior/Senior High, with 646 students in 2024-25 (City View ISD).
  3. Which districts run Wichita Falls's schools?
    Wichita Falls ISD (19 schools), City View ISD (3 schools), Burkburnett ISD (2 schools), Premier High Schools (1 school), and 1 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25