BASIS BENBROOK

BASIS BENBROOK is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in BENBROOK, Texas, operated by BASIS TEXAS, with 534 students on its rolls from grades K through 7.

BASIS BENBROOK is one of 14 schools operated by BASIS TEXAS, a district that works with 7,092 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BASIS BENBROOK shows that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 25% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average.

In the broader community, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $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%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which BASIS BENBROOK is one.

Nearest neighbor: BENBROOK EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, BASIS BENBROOK runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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