High school (grades 9-12) · Waxahachie, TX

Ellis County Jjaep

Federal NCES profile for Ellis County Jjaep, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 481917014222
3 students enrolled

School address

Enrollment

3

Texas · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Ellis County Jjaep

Ellis County Jjaep is a small high school in Waxahachie, Texas, enrolling 3 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of Texas schools, with 3 enrolled.

Ferris Isd also operates Ferris H S (940 students) and Ferris J H (658 students) alongside Ellis County Jjaep.

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 Ellis County Jjaep compares

Ellis County Jjaep on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Texas Texas avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 3 top 98% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

3
Bigger than 0% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$12,920
per pupil, district-wide - below Texas avg of $13,644
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Ferris Isd, which includes Ellis County Jjaep.

$12,920
Per student
-5%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-22%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 23.2%
State 62.5%
Federal 14.4%

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.

How Ellis County Jjaep Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Ferris H S Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Ferris J H Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Lucy Mae Mcdonald El Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Lee Longino El Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Hazel Ingram El Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Ellis County Jjaep's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Ferris Isd · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high 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.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Ellis County Jjaep

How many students attend Ellis County Jjaep?

Ellis County Jjaep has 3 students enrolled. It is a high school in Waxahachie, TX.

What other schools are in Ferris Isd?

Besides Ellis County Jjaep, Ferris Isd also operates Ferris H S (940 students), Ferris J H (658 students), and Lucy Mae Mcdonald El (641 students). See the Ferris Isd district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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