Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Of the 386,450 students enrolled in Tarrant County schools, 61.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 5.2% increase over the previous school year.
Tarrant County enrolled the third highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students...dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools...gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students Over 4 Years
Top 50 Tarrant County Schools With Most Economically Disadvantaged Students in 2022-23 School Year
| School | Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students | Total Number of Students |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston High School | 3,113 | 3,370 |
| North Crowley High School | 2,065 | 2,920 |
| Haltom High School | 1,995 | 2,785 |
| Lamar High School | 1,922 | 2,546 |
| Trinity Basin Preparatory | 1,822 | 2,016 |
| Arlington High School | 1,702 | 2,538 |
| South Hills High School | 1,699 | 1,880 |
| Crowley High School | 1,685 | 2,351 |
| Bowie High School | 1,635 | 2,391 |
| North Side High School | 1,621 | 1,721 |
| Everman High School | 1,605 | 1,740 |
| Martin High School | 1,590 | 3,789 |
| Trimble Technical High School | 1,549 | 1,699 |
| Trinity High School | 1,486 | 2,665 |
| O. D. Wyatt High School | 1,402 | 1,500 |
| Paschal High School | 1,366 | 2,141 |
| Arlington Heights High School | 1,332 | 1,934 |
| Mansfield Summit High School | 1,273 | 1,856 |
| Brewer High School | 1,222 | 2,183 |
| Workman Junior High School | 1,221 | 1,360 |
| Bell High School | 1,212 | 2,311 |
| Chisholm Trail High School | 1,210 | 2,493 |
| Polytechnic High School | 1,207 | 1,277 |
| Mansfield Legacy High School | 1,200 | 2,522 |
| Fossil Ridge High School | 1,182 | 2,329 |
| Rosemont Middle School | 1,111 | 1,165 |
| Southwest High School | 1,106 | 1,285 |
| Eastern Hills High School | 1,098 | 1,194 |
| Seguin High School | 1,094 | 1,529 |
| Saginaw High School | 1,077 | 2,194 |
| Richland High School | 1,068 | 2,016 |
| Mansfield Timberview High School | 1,045 | 1,864 |
| Carter-Riverside High School | 961 | 1,048 |
| Birdville High School | 954 | 2,086 |
| Boswell High School | 944 | 2,547 |
| Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School | 943 | 997 |
| Azle High School | 908 | 2,054 |
| Castleberry High School | 883 | 1,042 |
| Mansfield High School | 866 | 2,619 |
| Peach Elementary School | 850 | 977 |
| Lake Worth High School | 847 | 996 |
| Euless Junior High School | 839 | 1,117 |
| Crowley Middle School | 838 | 977 |
| V. R. Eaton High School | 834 | 3,273 |
| Carter Junior High School | 831 | 910 |
| Central High School | 824 | 2,551 |
| Dunbar High School | 818 | 864 |
| Haltom Middle School | 810 | 954 |
| Timber Creek High School | 810 | 3,140 |
| Western Hills High School | 808 | 929 |
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Thornton Elementary• Diamond Hill Elementary• Effie Morris Elementary• Johns Elementary• Arlington College And Career High School• Bruce Shulkey Elementary• Speer Elementary• Arlington Classics Academy - Middle• Lowery Road• De Zavala Elementary• Polytechnic High School• Adams Elementary• Midway Park Elementary• North Ridge Elementary• Everman High School• Western Hills Pri• Oakhurst Elementary• Uplift Mighty High School• Berkshire Elementary School• Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary• Joy James Elementary• Fossil Hill Middle• Riverside Applied Learning Center• Peach Elementary• Brewer Middle• Moore M.h. Elementary• Bell High School• Texans Can Academies• Tarver-Rendon Elementary• Keys High School• Helbing Elementary• John M. Tidwell Middle• Willoughby House• Charles Nash Elementary• Northbrook Elementary• Trinity Springs Middle• A.m. Pate Elementary• Morton Elementary• Judy Miller Elementary• North Side High School• Truce Learning Center• Richland High School• Alice Ponder Elementary• Worth Heights Elementary• Newman International Academy At Fort Worth• Mansfield High School• Alter Discipline Campus• Fossil Ridge High School• Smithfield Middle• Iltexas East Fort Worth Elementary• Bryant Elementary• N. A. Howry Steam Academy• Lamar High School• Dozier Elementary• Castleberry High School• Beckham Elementary• Watauga Middle• Martha Reid Elementary• Richard J. Wilson Elementary• Elizabeth Smith Elementary• Webb Elementary• Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate• Tarrant Youth Recovery• Marine Creek Middle• Starrett Elementary• Transition Center• Westcliff Elementary• Pre K Center• Holiday Heights Elementary• Alice D. Contreras• North Oaks Middle• Anderson Elementary• Overton Park Elementary School• Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas Campus• Iltexas Saginaw Elementary• Mansfield Timberview High School• Morningside Elementary• Bryson Elementary• Della Icenhower Intermediate• Green Valley Elementary• Uplift Elevate Preparatory School• Luella Merrett Elementary• Marine Creek Collegiate High School• Women's Haven• International Newcomer Academy• Hill Elementary• Maudrie Walton Elementary• Charlotte Anderson Elementary• A.v. Cato Elementary• Christene C. Moss Elementary• Boswell High School• Tarrant County Jjaep• Grapevine-Colleyville Collegiate Academy At Tcc Ne• Leo Adams Middle• Jo Kelly Special Education• Pk Satellite Centers• Westpark Elementary• Arlington Heights High School• Jean McClung Middle• Watauga Elementary• Turning Point Secondary School• Iltexas Keller Middle• Leadership Academy At Forest Oak 6th Grade• Arbor Creek Elementary School• W.t. Francisco Elementary• Jack C. Binion Elementary• Great Hearts Arlington• Tarrant County Jjaep• Dolores Huerta Elementary• Blanton Elementary• Bear Creek Elementary• River Trails Elementary• Iltexas Grand Prairie Middle• Mansfield Lake Ridge High School• Dan Powell Intermediate• W.e. Hoover Elementary• Basswood Elementary• Bedford Junior High• Roberta Tipps Elementary• Reach High School• Gunn Junior High School• Kennedale High School• Eagle Mountain Elementary• Kirkpatrick Middle• Haltom High School• Robert H. Rockenbaugh Elementary• Iltexas Keller Elementary• James F. Delaney Elementary• North Riverside Elementary• Idea Rise Academy• Woodland Springs Elementary• Trinity High School• Tarrant County Jjaep School• Eagle Heights Elementary• Mitchell Boulevard Elementary• Pearcy Elementary• The Bridges Academy Alternative• South Euless Elementary• Seminary Hills Park Elementary• Iltexas Saginaw Middle• Vista Ridge Middle• Colleyville Middle• Louise Cabaniss Elementary• Meadowcreek Elementary• Trinity Charter Schools - Fort Worth Campus• George Clarke Elementary• Willow Creek Elementary• Weldon Hafley Development Center• Young Men's Leadership Academy• Rosemont Middle• Liberty Elementary• Texas Academy of Biomedical• Rankin Elementary• Parkview Elementary• V.R. Eaton High School• Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Elementary• Meadow Creek Elementary• Imogene Gideon Elementary• Colleyville Heritage High School• Santo Forte Junior High• Great Hearts Lakeside• North Hi Mount Elementary• Lone Star Elementary• Willie Brown Elementary• Burgin Elementary• Wood Elementary• Bailey Junior High• Haltom Middle• Jones Fine Arts/Dual Language Academy• R.f. Patterson Elementary• Treetops School International• Lake Pointe Elementary• Independence Elementary• Brewer High School• Creekview Middle• Stonegate Elementary• Morningside Middle• Daggett Montessori• Benbrook Elementary• Richard Allie Middle School• Mary Jo Sheppard Elementary• W.j. Turner Elementary• Newman International Academy At Pioneer• Bette Perot Elementary• Idea Southeast Academy• Hurst Junior High• Daggett Elementary• Heritage Elementary• Natha Howell Elementary• Erma Nash Elementary• Riverside Middle• South Davis Elementary• Kennedale Junior High• Mcrae Elementary• Applied Learning Academy• J. Martin Jacquet Middle• Edward Briscoe Elementary• Texas Leadership of Arlington• Shady Oaks Elementary• Tannahill Intermediate• Lucyle Collins Middle School• David L. Walker Intermediate• Kirkpatrick Elementary• Chisholm Ridge• Jack Taylor Elementary• Sue Crouch Intermediate School• Ann Brock Elementary School• Saginaw Elementary• Highland Middle• Lily B. Clayton Elementary• John D. Spicer Elementary• Marsh Middle• Souder Elementary• Cesar Chavez Pri• Community Based Pk• Ellis Elementary• Birdville High School• Keller Middle• Wedgwood Middle• Heritage Elementary• Mansfield Legacy High School• Lizzie Curtis Elementary• Shackelford Junior High• Young Junior High• McLean 6th Grade• World Languages Institute• Thelma Jones Elementary• Elder Middle• Jean Massieu Academy• Chisholm Trail High School• Charles Baxter Junior High• Uplift Summit International High School• Snow Heights Elementary• Idea Achieve Academy• Im Terrell Academy for Stem and Vpa• Premier High School of Arlington• Academy At Carrie F. Thomas• Workman Junior High• Williams Elementary• Winfree Academy Charter School• Iuniversity Prep• Carroll Middle• Indian Springs Middle• Lake Country Elementary School• Key Elementary• Kooken Educational Center• Nancy Neal Elementary• Anna May Daulton Elementary• Uplift Summit International Primary• Ignite Community School-Fort Worth• Friendship Elementary School• Harmony School of Innovation - Fort Worth• Carroll High School• Wilshire Elementary• Walnut Grove Elementary• Grapevine Middle• Crowley High School• John And Polly Townley Elementary• Iltexas Arlington Elementary• Texas School of the Arts• Butler Elementary• Marine Creek Elementary• Truett Wilson Middle• Birdville Elementary• Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts• West Elementary• Grapevine Elementary• High Country Elementary• East Fort Worth Montessori Academy• Oakmont Elementary• Harwood Junior High• Harmony Science Academy- Fort Worth• Oakwood Terrace Elementary• George Dawson Middle• Carter Park Elementary• Sagamore Hill Elementary• Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School• Western Hills High School• Glen Park Elementary• Iltexas East Fort Worth Middle• Berry Elementary• Moore Elementary• Hazel Harvey Peace Elementary• Larson Elementary• Pope Elementary• Azle Elementary• Como Elementary• Assessment Center• Roy Johnson Sixth Grade Campus• Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary• Idea Edgecliff College Preparatory• High Point Academy Sfw• Benbrook Middle/High School• Timberview Middle• H.f. Stevens Middle• Azle Hornet Academy• Parkview Elementary School• Parkwood Hill Intermediate• Shannon High School• Uplift Crescendo Preparatory Primary School• Uplift Meridian School• O.h. Stowe Elementary• June W. Davis Elementary School• D.p. Morris Elementary• Arlington Collegiate High School• Texas State Executive - State Board of Education• John T. White Elementary• Heritage Middle• Dallas Park Elementary• Trinity Lakes Elementary• Florence Elementary• Newman International Academy Mansfield East• Tarrant County Jjaep• Bedford Heights Elementary• Greenbriar Elementary• Ashworth Elementary• Mary Lillard I S• Cannon Elementary• Mary Orr Intermediate• J. Lyndal Hughes Elementary• Carroll Elementary• Newman International Academy of Mansfield• Patrick Elementary• Glenn Harmon Elementary• Crow Elementary• Hidden Lakes Elementary• Lakewood Elementary• Elkins Elementary• Blue Haze Elementary• North Euless Elementary• Major Cheney El At South Birdville• Whitley Road Elementary• The Phoenix Academy• Farrell Elementary• Harmony School of Innovation Euless• Paschal High School• Sycamore Elementary• Greenfield Elementary• West Handley Elementary• Newman International Academy of Arlington• Haslet Elementary• Viridian Elementary• T.a. Sims Elementary• Corey Fine Arts/Dual Language Academy• Crowley Middle• West Birdville Elementary• Trinity Meadows Intermediate• Sonny & Allegra Nance Elementary• Jackie Carden Elementary• Dove Elementary• Uplift Summit International Middle• Little Elementary• Fitzgerald Elementary• David K. Sellars Elementary• Sidney H. Poynter• Nichols Junior High• Winfree Academy North Richland Hills• Central High School• Fort Worth Can Academy Westcreek• Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center• Iltexas Keller Saginaw High School• T.a. Howard Middle• Meadowbrook Middle• Bess Race Elementary School• Tarrant County Juvenile Justice Center• Idea Edgecliff Academy• Timber Creek High School• Oaklawn Elementary• Tanglewood Elementary• McLean Middle• Willis Lane Elementary• Foster Village Elementary• Donna Park• North Ridge Middle• E. Ray Elementary• Keller Early Learning Center - North• Janet Brockett Elementary• Bonnie Brae• Tarrant County College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School• Burton Hill Elementary• Keller Learning Center• Daggett Middle• Tarrant County Jjaep• Richland Middle• Mary Harris Intermediate• Eagle Ridge Elementary• Summit High School• Trimble Technical High School• Uplift Mighty Prep• Bill J. Elliott Elementary• Sendera Ranch Elementary• Sunset Valley Elementary• McNutt Elementary• Newman International Academy of Arlington Gibbins• Copper Creek Elementary School• Washington Heights Elementary• Leonard Middle• Bellaire Elementary• Bishop Elementary• J.t. Stevens Elementary• Bear Creek Intermediate• Carol Holt Elementary• Wimbish World Language Academy• W.a. Porter Elementary• S.h. Crowley Intermediate• Wedgwood 6th Gr School• West Elementary• J.c. Thompson Elementary• David E. Smith Elementary• Ousley Junior High• Remynse Elementary• Remington Point Elementary• Uplift Ascend• Alliene Mullendore Elementary• Ridglea Hills Elementary• Azle Junior High South• Insights Learning Center• North Elementary• Linda Jobe Middle• Idea Achieve College Preparatory• Fine Arts Academy• Seguin High School• Hillwood Middle• Mansfield Timberview High School• Walnut Creek Elementary• Cora Spencer Elementary• Forest Oak Middle• Euless Junior High• Marilyn Miller Elementary• Freedom Elementary School• Park Glen Elementary• O.D. Wyatt High School• North Crowley High School• Comanche Springs Elementary• High Point Academy• Goodman Elementary• Timberline Elementary• W.m. Green Elementary• Metro Opportunity• Boulevard Heights• Manuel Jara Elementary• Old Union Elementary• Sherrod Elementary• Duff Elementary• Meadowbrook Elementary• Spring Garden Elementary• Harlean Beal Elementary• Westlake Academy• Westcreek Elementary• Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program• Harrison Lane Elementary• Charlene McKinzey Middle School• Swift Elementary• Bridge Assoc• Arlington High School• Carroll Peak Elementary• Carl E. Schluter Elementary• Donna Shepard Intermediate• James Coble Middle• Idea Rise College Preparatory• Hubbard Elementary• Waverly Park Elementary• Premier High School Of South Irving• O.a. Peterson• Hommel Elementary• J.l. Boren Elementary• Atherton Elementary• Brooks Wester Middle• Sam Rosen Elementary• M.l. Phillips Elementary• Iltexas Arlington-Grand Prairie High School• Atwood McDonald Elementary• Wayside Middle• Carter-Riverside High School• Dunn Elementary• Ridgeview Elementary• J.a. Hargrave Elementary• Maude I. Logan Elementary• North Richland Middle• Eubanks Intermediate• James Middle• Ditto Elementary• Tarrant County Jjaep• Grace E. Hardeman Elementary• Crouch Elementary• Woodway Elementary• Shady Brook Elementary• Hurst Hills Elementary• Caprock Elementary• Walker Creek Elementary• Barnett Junior High• Western Hills Elementary• Monnig Middle• Children's Medical Center• Clearfork Academy• Bowie High School• Taylor Elementary• Smithfield Elementary School• Manara Stem Academy - Arlington• Central Junior High• Idea Southeast College Preparatory• Iltexas North Richland Hills Middle• Hale Elementary• Clifford Davis Elementary• Uplift Mighty Middle• Bransford Elementary• Young Women's Leadership Academy• Glenhope Elementary• Danny Jones Middle• Success High School• Keller Collegiate Academy• Amos Elementary• South Hills High School• Liberty Elementary• Bell Manor Elementary• Rufino Mendoza Senior Elementary• Boles Junior High• East Handley Elementary• Cross Timbers Intermediate• Parkway Elementary• S.s. Dillow Elementary• Education Willkie Middle• Venture Alter High School• Keller High School• Lake Worth High School• Judy Hajek Elementary• Dunbar High School• Carroll Senior High School• Bluebonnet Elementary• Meacham Middle• Bebensee Elementary• Jack D. Johnson Elementary• South Hi Mount Elementary• Don T. Durham Intermediate• Everman Academy High School• Springdale Elementary• Colleyville Elementary• Trinity Charter Schools - Camp Worth• Castleberry Elementary• Silver Lake Elementary• Kay Granger Elementary• L.a. Gililland Elementary• Southwest High School• Eastern Hills High School• Foster Elementary• Prairie Vista• Stripling Middle• Elmer C. Watson High School• Summer Creek Middle• Azle High School• Keller Early Learning Center - South• Miller Elementary• Rogene Worley Middle• Keller-Harvel Elementary• Short Elementary• Versia Williams Elementary• Saginaw High School• Iltexas North Richland Hills Elementary• Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth• High Point Academy Fw Elementary• Carter Junior High• Kenneth Davis Elementary• Shady Grove Elementary• Dr Sarah Jandrucko Academy for Early Learners• Asa E. Low Junior Intermediate• Premier High School Of Fort Worth• Liberty Elementary• Sunrise - McMillan Elementary• Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy• Cross Timbers Middle• Harmony Science Academy - Euless• Martin High School• Eastern Hills Elementary• Trinity Basin Preparatory• Iltexas Arlington Middle• South Hills Elementary• Ume Mansfield Elementary School• Deer Creek Elementary
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