Lubbock, TX
Kids in Lubbock
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 59,822
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 13.2
- 4,537 teachers across 29 districts and 129 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 29 / 129
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $2,570
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Lubbock metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- LUBBOCK ISD
LUBBOCK
- Students
- 24,133
- Schools
- 48
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.5
- FRENSHIP ISD
WOLFFORTH
- Students
- 11,770
- Schools
- 15
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.5
- LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD
LUBBOCK
- Students
- 8,030
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.4
- LEVELLAND ISD
LEVELLAND
- Students
- 2,575
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.3
- SHALLOWATER ISD
SHALLOWATER
- Students
- 1,731
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.8
- SLATON ISD
SLATON
- Students
- 1,271
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.8
- ROOSEVELT ISD
LUBBOCK
- Students
- 1,138
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.9
- IDALOU ISD
IDALOU
- Students
- 995
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.8
- NEW DEAL ISD
NEW DEAL
- Students
- 731
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.8
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY K-12
LUBBOCK
- Students
- 729
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.7
- NEW HOME ISD
NEW HOME
- Students
- 708
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.7
- POST ISD
POST
- Students
- 686
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.1
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 58
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 27
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 29
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 13
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
127 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Lubbock metro sits
Roughly the core of the Lubbock, TX metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Lubbock would be $484 a month, with $1,043 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.