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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ATHERTON EL this year?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000233
Atherton Elementary School
2101 OVERBROOK DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76014 · (682) 867-4900 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
411 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 79 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 25.0% | 24.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →
Schools most like Atherton Elementary School
Atherton Elementary School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Elementary School this school | 474 | 86.7% | 35.8% |
| Compass Rose Journey WINDCREST | 502 | 87.3% | 24.5% |
| Carroll Peak Elementary School FORT WORTH | 489 | 84.3% | 28.9% |
| K B Polk Center for Academically Talented & Gifted DALLAS | 427 | 85.5% | 53.2% |
| Patrick Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 496 | 91.7% | 32.0% |
| Preston Hollow Elementary School DALLAS | 402 | 85.6% | 41.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Atherton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #3,080 of 4,401 | #188 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,059 of 4,466 ▼ 531 | #204 of 339 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,531 of 4,466 ▼ 59 | #244 of 339 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #444 of 3,998 | #48 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #2,775 of 4,938 | #196 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #852 of 4,622 | #54 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #2,090 of 4,628 | #242 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #1,412 of 4,789 | #107 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #945 of 2,838 | #95 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
474
-74 (-14%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 1,045
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 474 | 36.3 | 13.1:1 | 87% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 91% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 36.4 | 14.7:1 | 88% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 89% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 42.4 | 14.5:1 | 80% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 85% (574) |
| 2010-11 | 1,128 | 63 | 17.9:1 | 88% (995) |
| 2000-01 | 866 | 52 | 16.6:1 | 60% (518) |
| 1990-91 | 1,045 | 38 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atherton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (615 to 474); teachers down 14% (42.4 to 36.3).
About Atherton Elementary School
Atherton Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in ARLINGTON, Texas. Enrollment stands at 474 students, covering pre-K through 6.
ARLINGTON ISD has 75 schools; together they serve 53,394 students.
About 63% of the student body at Atherton Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 25% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Tarrant County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Atherton Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 13.1:1 is based on 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 87%. On average, public schools in Tarrant County report 63%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Atherton Elementary School would score about 36.7%. It scores 35.8%, within a point of that figure.
In the surrounding county, Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 639, with about 385,835 students.
The closest school to Atherton Elementary School is Sam Houston High School, located about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Atherton Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 35.8% is above the 31.5% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Atherton Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Atherton Elementary School enrolled 548 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 474.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other Atherton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Atherton Elementary. Atherton Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Atherton Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 450 students
- Atherton Elementary SchoolBURTON, MI · 267 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston High School0.5 mi · 3,208
- Hale Elementary School0.6 mi · 294
- Goodman Elementary School0.9 mi · 452
- Adams Elementary School0.9 mi · 743
- Winfree Academy Charter School - Grand Prairie0.9 mi · 198
- Amos Elementary School1.0 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Atherton Elementary SchoolHow large is Atherton Elementary School?
Atherton Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Atherton Elementary School serve?
Atherton Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Atherton Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Atherton Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Atherton Elementary School?
At Atherton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 63% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Atherton Elementary School public or private?
Atherton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.