Enrollment
186
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Blackwell, TX
Blackwell School
Federal NCES profile for Blackwell School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 68/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 480000500513
👥 S:T ratio 64
🌟 Gifted program 70
📋 Attendance 69
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Blackwell School earns 68/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% of Texas schools.
- 68
- Resource Index · Higher
- 8.9:1
- small classes for Texas
- 186
- students enrolled
Blackwell School has class sizes smaller than 94% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Blackwell Cisd · Texas
NCES ID 480000500513 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.9:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-39% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Blackwell School compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Blackwell School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Blackwell School sits near the smaller end of the Texas enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Blackwell School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Blackwell School is a small combined-grade school in Blackwell, Texas, enrolling 186 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.9:1, Blackwell School is leaner than roughly 94% of Texas schools and 39% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Enrollment of 186 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 97% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (82% of enrollment) (diversity index 31/100).
12.4% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Blackwell Cisd spends $28,903 per pupil, 112% above the Texas average, a better-resourced district than most.
Blackwell Cisd operates only this one school, so Blackwell School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Blackwell School compares
Blackwell School on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 8.9:1 | ▼ 39% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 186 | top 85% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.9:1
Leaner classes than 93% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
186
Bigger than 18% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
8.9:1
students per teacher
- 39% below state mean
Top 6% in Texas - lower ratio than 94% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
12.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$28,903
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 82.3%
Hispanic or Latino 12.9%
Two or More 2.7%
Asian 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.5%
Largest group: White at 82.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 30.5/100
Simpson diversity index - at 30.5, Blackwell School is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
AP courses offered 1
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Blackwell Cisd, which includes Blackwell School.
$28,903
Per student
+112%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
+74%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 38.7%
State 61.3%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~186 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~8.9:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Blackwell School
How many students attend Blackwell School?
Blackwell School has 186 students enrolled. It is a public school in Blackwell, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blackwell School?
The student-teacher ratio at Blackwell School is 8.9:1, which is 39% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 43% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Blackwell School?
The largest demographic group at Blackwell School is White at 82.3% of enrollment, in Blackwell, TX.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Blackwell School?
Blackwell School has a Resource Investment Index of 68/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Blackwell Cisd?
None reported; Blackwell Cisd operates only Blackwell School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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