Total enrollment
5,317
+295 (+6%) vs SY 2020-21
9 schools in NEDERLAND ISD
Texas · 5,317 students · 2 cities
Across the district, NEDERLAND ISD runs 9 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 5,317 Texas students (about 591 per school).
4-year change in NEDERLAND ISD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
8
+1 (+14%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How NEDERLAND ISD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Texas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #80 of 667 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,317 | #205 of 760 | #1,808 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 8 | #208 of 760 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #438 of 758 | #4,874 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 46.3% | #564 of 750 | #4,715 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #87 of 557 | #846 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside NEDERLAND ISD
State test results across the district's 7 scored schools run from Hillcrest Elementary School at 65.9% proficient to Central Middle School at 52.7%, a gap of 13.1 points. That is the 312th widest gap among 352 Texas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 7 district schools that reported both years went from 5,388 to 5,311 students (down 1%) and from 352 to 368 full-time teachers (up 5%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEDERLAND H S | Nederland | High | 09-12 | 1,500 |
| HELENA PARK EL | Nederland | Elementary | PK-05 | 760 |
| HILLCREST EL | Nederland | Elementary | PK-05 | 717 |
| WILSON MIDDLE | Nederland | Middle | 06-08 | 678 |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE | Nederland | Middle | 06-08 | 556 |
| LANGHAM EL | Nederland | Elementary | PK-05 | 553 |
| HIGHLAND PARK EL | Nederland | Elementary | PK-05 | 547 |
| JEFFERSON CO YOUTH ACAD | Beaumont | High | 07-11 | 6 |
| ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SCHOOL | Nederland | High | 06-12 | 0 |
About NEDERLAND ISD
NEDERLAND ISD maintains 9 public schools across Texas, collectively instructing roughly 5,317 students.
For a sense of the school types, NEDERLAND ISD consists of 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high schools.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment expanded 6%: 5,022 students in SY 2020-21 versus 5,317 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, NEDERLAND ISD gained 1 school, going from 7 to 8.
On allk12, the community for NEDERLAND ISD discusses school events, board meetings, and seasonal calendars. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.