Photo: Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0New Braunfels’s public schools outscore 83% of Texas districts
56% of students in New Braunfels’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving New Braunfels, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 99% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
New Braunfels’s schools, in brief
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 65% and math 56% across both districts in spring 2022, against 51% and 41% statewide; 96% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
New Braunfels Independent spends $10,505 per student and Comal Independent $10,374, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Choice beyond the district
Premier H S of New Braunfels, New Braunfels Christian Academy (private), Cross Lutheran School (private), Kids Day Out Preschool and Kindergarten (private), Calvary Baptist Academy (private), Learning Their Way (private) and The Children's Courtyard Inc. (private) are in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind New Braunfels’s grade
A−: better than 83% of Texas school districts, #66 of 642 Texas towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Texas average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve New Braunfels, with each school’s own grade.
New Braunfels runs its own schools through grade 12 (New Braunfels Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the Comal Independent School District, shared with Bulverde, Garden Ridge, Schertz and Spring Branch. Parts of New Braunfels (3% of its land) are served by Navarro Independent instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve New Braunfels
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
New Braunfels vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share New Braunfels’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | A− | New Braunfels Independent PK–12 · Comal Independent PK–12 |
| Schertz | A− | Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent PK–12 · Comal Independent PK–12 |
Every school in New Braunfels
32 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 5 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Innova Mercy Inspire Academy, Vintage Oaks Area El, Hwy 46 Area El, Discipline Alternative Education Placement and Legend Point El).
Questions about New Braunfels’s schools
Are New Braunfels’s schools good?
By Texas’s own tests, yes: the public schools New Braunfels children attend outscore 83% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #66 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 87%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is New Braunfels in?
Two districts: New Braunfels Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and Comal Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with Bulverde, Garden Ridge, Schertz and Spring Branch.
Where do New Braunfels kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Canyon H S, New Braunfels H S, Long Creek H S and Memorial Early College H S.
What is New Braunfels’s graduation rate?
96% of the class of 2023 in Comal Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does New Braunfels spend per student?
$10,505 in New Braunfels Independent School District and $10,374 in Comal Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in New Braunfels?
Yes: New Braunfels Christian Academy (religious, grades PK–12, 624 students), Cross Lutheran School (religious, grades PK–8, 258 students), Kids Day Out Preschool and Kindergarten (religious, grades PK–K, 90 students), Calvary Baptist Academy (religious, grades PK–12, 69 students), Learning Their Way (religious, grades PK–K, 48 students) and The Children's Courtyard Inc. (nonsectarian, grades K, 6 students). New Braunfels also has 1 charter school, free and open by application.
Parents talk
What New Braunfels families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.