32 public K-12 schools in Wichita Falls from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wichita Falls has more public-school enrollment than 89% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wichita Falls 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.
24 of Wichita Falls's 32 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.
The 70-point gap between Wichita County Juvenile Justice Aep and Premier H S - Wichita Falls shows the range hidden by Wichita Falls'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.
Wichita Falls school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,589 students (highest), a spread of 1,588 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
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
Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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 Variation between sub-units within Wichita Falls is typically wider than the Wichita Falls-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wichita County Juvenile Justice Aep | 82 |
| 2. | Wichita Co Jjaep | 65 |
| 3. | Haynes El | 57 |
| 4. | City View Junior/Senior High | 56 |
| 5. | Southern Hills El | 53 |
| 6. | Burgess El | 52 |
| 7. | Jefferson El | 52 |
| 8. | John G Tower El | 50 |
| 9. | Scotland Park El | 48 |
| 10. | City View El | 48 |
| 11. | Kirby Middle | 47 |
| 12. | West Foundation El | 47 |
| 13. | Brook Village Early Childhood | 47 |
| 14. | Cunningham School | 46 |
| 15. | Sheppard Afb El | 46 |
| 16. | Mcniel Middle | 45 |
| 17. | Fowler El | 45 |
| 18. | Franklin El | 45 |
| 19. | Booker T Washington El | 45 |
| 20. | Lamar El | 45 |
| 21. | Milam El | 43 |
| 22. | Fain El | 42 |
| 23. | Hirschi H S | 40 |
| 24. | Crockett El | 40 |
| 25. | Rider H S | 39 |
| 26. | Barwise Middle | 39 |
| 27. | Farris Early Childhood Ctr | 37 |
| 28. | Zundelowitz El | 35 |
| 29. | Wichita County J J a E P | 30 |
| 30. | Wichita Falls H S | 28 |
| 31. | Premier H S - Wichita Falls | 12 |
| 32. | Iowa Park Jjaep | - |
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.
Wichita County Juvenile Justice Aep has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wichita Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 82/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Wichita Falls has 32 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,056 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.
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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.
