NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Willis, TX

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

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12
Schools
8,543
Students
37/100
Avg Resource Index
17:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Willis has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Willis 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Willis's list includes 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 46-point gap between Jjaep and Roark Early Education Center shows the range hidden by Willis'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 24%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
33rd percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Willis H S accounts for 32.9% of all Willis public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Willis-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

Willis school enrollment varies 1405× across entities

Willis school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 2,809 students (highest), a spread of 2,807 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

Willis reports 57.2% 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

Willis student-teacher ratio is 17.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Willis is typically wider than the Willis-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Jjaep 65
2. Stubblefield Academy 55
3. Trinity Charter Schools - Willis Campus 46
4. Turner El 40
5. W Lloyd Meador El 36
6. C C Hardy El 35
7. Edward B Cannan El 34
8. Willis H S 30
9. Parmley El 30
10. Lynn Lucas Middle 29
11. Robert P Brabham Middle 25
12. Roark Early Education Center 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Willis

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 Turner El 66.1/100
  2. 2 Stubblefield Academy 64.0/100
  3. 3 Roark Early Education Center 63.5/100
  4. 4 Willis H S 61.7/100
  5. 5 C C Hardy El 60.3/100

What do families ask about schools in Willis?

Which Willis school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jjaep has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Willis schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Willis, TX? ▼

Willis has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,543 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17:1.

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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.