ASHWORTH EL

Located at 6700 SILO RD, in ARLINGTON, Texas, ASHWORTH EL is a mid-sized elementary school that instructs 464 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.

Within ARLINGTON ISD, which oversees 75 schools and 53,394 students, ASHWORTH EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ASHWORTH EL logs that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 36% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ASHWORTH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ASHWORTH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. ASHWORTH EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

SEGUIN H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ASHWORTH EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ASHWORTH EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. ASHWORTH EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 464). White enrollment moved from 22% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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