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Enrollment
1,898
High
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001830
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S
4501 W FWY, FORT WORTH, TX 76107 · (817) 815-1000 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,898 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
119 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,287 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
11.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,898
-36 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.2:1
% White
20%
was 24%
% Hispanic
51%
was 50%
% Black
25%
was 21%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S, a substantial senior high in FORT WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within FORT WORTH ISD, teaches 1,898 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S sits 138% above that benchmark.
FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools in total, collectively educating 70,612 students. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 20% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 119 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -7.0 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
The closest other public school is JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S operates from a high-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,934 students in 2018 compared to 1,898 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 20% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, members of the ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
- TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H SHigh · 1,924 students
- SOUTH HILLS H SHigh · 1,846 students
- NORTH SIDE H SHigh · 1,676 students
- O D WYATT H SHigh · 1,499 students
- BENBROOK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,478 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM0.3 mi · 12
- TARRANT CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 2
- TARRANT CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 3
- TARRANT CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 2
- TARRANT COUNTY JJAEP0.3 mi · 2
- TARRANT CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H SHow many students attend ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S enrolls approximately 1,898 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S serve?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S.
What is the student diversity at ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S?
Student demographics at ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S are roughly 20% White, 51% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S in?
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H S is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.