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AZLE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About AZLE EL
AZLE EL is an average-sized middle-grades school in AZLE, Texas, run under AZLE ISD. The school works with 606 students in grades 5 through 6.
AZLE ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,304 students. AZLE EL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, AZLE EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
On the resource side, AZLE EL records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, AZLE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 43.1%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. AZLE EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
AZLE J H SOUTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AZLE EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.3%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. AZLE EL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 606). The White share of enrollment edged down from 73% to 61% over that span.
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