Comal ISD

New Braunfels, Texas · Comal County · Grades Pre-K–12

Comal ISD runs 37 schools (20 elementary, 8 middle, 9 high) with 29,839 students. By enrollment it is the 48th largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as rural, fringe.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools	37
Students	29,839
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,933.4
Students per teacher	15.4 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	28.9% (state 61.6%)
County	Comal County
Area type	Rural, fringe
NCES district ID	4814730

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in Comal ISD

School	Level	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Arlon R Seay Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	623	16.3	39.6%
Bill Brown Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	799	15.9	12.9%
Bulverde Middle School	Middle	6–8	690	18.2	21%
Canyon High School	High	9–12	2,414	15.9	32.4%
Canyon Lake High School	High	9–12	1,066	14	34.3%
Canyon Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,251	17.2	43.2%
Church Hill Middle School	Middle	6–8	780	15.6	28.3%
Clear Spring Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	738	15.4	53%
Comal Academy	High	11–12	76	–	34.2%
Comal Creek Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	455	12.8	53.6%
Comal Discipline Center	High	6–12	47	4.1	59.6%
Danville Middle School	Middle	6–8	921	16.1	36.7%
Davenport High School	High	9–12	1,233	14.2	29.4%
Farias-Spitzer Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	588	13	50.9%
Freiheit Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	662	12.8	45.6%
Garden Ridge Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	475	14.3	18.5%
Goodwin Frazier Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	662	14	55%
Hill Country College Prep High School	High	9–12	178	10.3	18.5%
Hoffmann Lane Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	705	17	7.2%
Indian Springs Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	649	15.8	9.2%
Johnson Ranch Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,185	18	19.4%
Kinder Ranch Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	623	15.3	21.2%
Memorial Early College High School	High	9–12	291	14.1	27.1%
Mh Specht Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	718	14.5	26.3%
Morningside Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	665	14.9	57.6%
Mt Valley Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	488	13	46.9%
Mt Valley Middle School	Middle	6–8	781	15.3	40.8%
Oak Creek Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	855	14.9	34.6%
Pieper High School	High	9–12	2,093	18.2	14.3%
Pieper Ranch Middle School	Middle	6–8	1,140	17.1	13.3%
Rahe Bulverde Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	617	14.6	17.5%
Rebecca Creek Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	578	13.3	47.1%
Smithson Valley High School	High	9–12	2,098	15.5	14.4%
Smithson Valley Middle School	Middle	6–8	880	17.9	15.3%
Spring Branch Middle School	Middle	6–8	604	14.9	23.3%
Startzville Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	465	12.3	64.7%
Timberwood Park Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	746	17.3	10.3%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of Comal ISD schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Comal ISD in context

Size

Comal ISD enrolls 0.5% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). Its schools average 806 students, against 626 for a Texas public school. The largest is Canyon High School (2,414) and the smallest is Comal Discipline Center (47).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.

Grades

Its largest grade this year is grade 11, with 2,495 students. Grade 12 has 2,180 students and kindergarten has 1,873, 16% more in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. Comal ISD enrolls 640 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

White students are the largest group in Comal ISD at 49.7%, above their 24.4% share of Texas public school students. Hispanic students make up 40.7%.

28.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 7.2% at Hoffmann Lane Elementary School to 64.7% at Startzville Elementary School.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 1,933.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 15.4 students per teacher, close to the state's 14.9. With 66 counselors it has 452 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports 33 librarians or media specialists and 22 school psychologists.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.

Location

Comal ISD is based in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, an area NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest district is Compass Rose Public Schools, 8.7 miles away with 3,976 students. 24 districts are within 25 miles, and 1 of them enrolls more students than Comal ISD. Comal County has 2 districts on this site.

Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.

Staff

Role	Full-time equivalent	Students per staff member
Teachers	1,708.7	17
School counselors	66	452
Librarians and media specialists	33	904
School psychologists	22	1,356
Instructional aides	378.9	79
Other student support staff	206.8	144
School administrators	128.2	233
District administrators	21.5	1,388
All staff	3,524.1

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White	49.7%
Hispanic	40.7%
Two or more races	4.2%
Black	3.2%
Asian	1.6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	640
Kindergarten	1,873
Grade 1	1,906
Grade 2	2,122
Grade 3	2,264
Grade 4	2,279
Grade 5	2,212
Grade 6	2,276
Grade 7	2,346
Grade 8	2,434
Grade 9	2,449
Grade 10	2,363
Grade 11	2,495
Grade 12	2,180

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Calendar 2026–2027
Compass Rose Public Schools	9 mi	3,976	18.2	–
New Braunfels ISD	9 mi	9,893	15.4	–
Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD	12 mi	14,947	15.8	–
Marion ISD	14 mi	1,709	14.7	–
Randolph Field ISD	15 mi	1,427	13.8	–
North East ISD	17 mi	56,420	14.3	–
Judson ISD	17 mi	23,539	15.6	–
Navarro ISD	19 mi	2,702	15.1	–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Other school districts in Comal County

New Braunfels ISD (9,893 students)

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.

Contact

1404 Ih 35 N, New Braunfels, TX 78130
Phone: (830)221-2000
Website: comalisd.org

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.