Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001878
Atwood McDonald Elementary School
1850 BARRON LN, FORT WORTH, TX 76112 · (817) 496-7445 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
248 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
28.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 13.0% | 32.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 28.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Atwood McDonald Elementary School
Atwood McDonald Elementary School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atwood McDonald Elementary School this school | 261 | 95.0% | 30.5% |
| Edward Briscoe Elementary School FORT WORTH | 288 | 93.1% | 14.1% |
| Birdie Alexander Elementary School DALLAS | 259 | 96.1% | 25.4% |
| Hartsfield Elementary School HOUSTON | 287 | 97.9% | 26.6% |
| Hale Elementary School ARLINGTON | 294 | 91.8% | 32.3% |
| A M Pate Elementary School FORT WORTH | 227 | 96.0% | 23.9% |
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 Atwood McDonald Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #3,615 of 4,401 | #238 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,342 of 4,466 ▲ 550 | #233 of 339 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,331 of 4,466 ▼ 1,216 | #330 of 339 ▼ 121 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #894 of 3,998 | #87 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #4,394 of 4,938 | #338 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #970 of 4,622 | #65 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #2,585 of 4,628 | #268 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #508 of 4,789 | #29 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.2% | #76 of 2,838 | #6 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
261
-176 (-40%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 261 | 19.7 | 13.2:1 | 95% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 24.5 | 12.9:1 | 91% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 25.4 | 15.3:1 | 94% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 90% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 33.3 | 14.8:1 | 84% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 77% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 83% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 59% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 27 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atwood McDonald Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (494 to 261); teachers down 41% (33.3 to 19.7).
About Atwood McDonald Elementary School
Atwood McDonald Elementary School is a small elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, (ZIP code 76112). It enrolled 261 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 50% lower than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
Atwood McDonald Elementary School is among 136 schools run by FORT WORTH ISD, which serves 70,612 students.
At 69%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Atwood McDonald Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 18% of Tarrant County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Atwood McDonald Elementary School comes in at 48%.
A ratio of 13.2:1 comes from the school's 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 95% of students at Atwood McDonald Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Atwood McDonald Elementary School is C-. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Atwood McDonald Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.5%, compared with a predicted 33.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Tarrant County show that median household income is 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%. A total of 639 public schools operate in Tarrant County, serving about 385,835 students.
The shortest distance from Atwood McDonald Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Newman International Academy at Fort Worth. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Atwood McDonald Elementary School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 261, 40% below the 437 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.6 to 13.2 over 4 years.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Atwood McDonald Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Atwood McDonald Elementary School?
Atwood McDonald Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Atwood McDonald Elementary School serve?
Atwood McDonald Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Atwood McDonald Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Atwood McDonald Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Atwood McDonald Elementary School?
At Atwood McDonald Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 21% Hispanic, 69% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Atwood McDonald Elementary School public or private?
Atwood McDonald Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.
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