Enrollment
1,024
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Bedford, TX
Federal NCES profile for Harwood J H, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 41/100.
The verdict
Harwood J H earns 41/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 78% of Texas schools. It is also more racially and ethnically mixed than most Texas schools.
Harwood J H has class sizes larger than 78% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Harwood J H ranks #4 of 8 schools in Bedford, TX.
NCES ID 482406002671 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Enrollment
1,024
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Teachers (FTE)
61.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
16.8:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
+14% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
37.3%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-40% vs state
How Harwood J H compares with Texas and U.S. medians
Slightly above state median
16.8:1 - 2.1 above the Texas state median of 14.7:1, indicating larger average class loads than typical schools in the state.
Harwood J H is a large combined-grade school in Bedford, Texas, enrolling 1,024 students.
Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 16.8:1 puts it in the larger third of Texas schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 37.3% of students eligible for free meals.
By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in Texas, bigger than 90% of state schools at 1,024 students.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 8,960 scored Texas schools.
Against 791 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #480.
Its student body is led by White (34%) and Hispanic or Latino (28%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 75/100).
Counselor access is stretched at roughly 512 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.
15.6% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Hurst-Euless-Bedford Isd spends $9,823 per pupil, 28% below the Texas average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 16.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Discipline events run high: 246 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 1,024 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.
Hurst-Euless-Bedford Isd also operates Trinity H S (2,734 students) and Bell H S (2,411 students) alongside Harwood J H.
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
Harwood J H on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 16.8:1 | ▲ 14% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 37.3% | ▼ 40% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 1,024 | top 10% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
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.
Largest group: White at 34.4% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 75.3, Harwood J H is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Hurst-Euless-Bedford Isd, which includes Harwood J H.
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.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity H S | Larger | Similar economic need | Similar S:T ratio |
| Bell H S | Larger | Similar economic need | Similar S:T ratio |
| Euless J H | Similar size | Higher economic need | Similar S:T ratio |
| Central J H | Similar size | Higher economic need | Lower S:T ratio |
| Bedford J H | Similar size | Similar economic need | Similar S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Harwood J H's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
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
Verify locally before acting on Harwood J H's federal record.
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.
Harwood J H has 1,024 students enrolled. It is a public school in Bedford, TX.
The student-teacher ratio at Harwood J H is 16.8:1, which is 14% higher than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 7% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.
37.3% of students at Harwood J H are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
The largest demographic group at Harwood J H is White at 34.4% of enrollment, in Bedford, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 75.3/100.
Harwood J H has a Resource Investment Index of 41/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
By Resource Investment Index, Harwood J H ranks #4 of 8 schools in Bedford, TX. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Bedford on the city page.
Harwood J H earns 41/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 78% of Texas schools. It is also more racially and ethnically mixed than most Texas schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
Besides Harwood J H, Hurst-Euless-Bedford Isd also operates Trinity H S (2,734 students), Bell H S (2,411 students), and Euless J H (1,075 students). See the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Isd district page for the complete list.
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