BECKHAM EL

Located at 1700 SOUTHEAST PKWY, in ARLINGTON, Texas, BECKHAM EL is a cozy elementary school that enrolls 392 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by ARLINGTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

ARLINGTON ISD comprises 75 schools with combined enrollment of 53,394 students; BECKHAM EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, BECKHAM EL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 29% Black, 26% Asian, 9% White, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tarrant County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at BECKHAM EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BECKHAM EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.1%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of +10.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BECKHAM EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY - ARLINGTON 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 BECKHAM EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

BECKHAM EL operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 31%: 566 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 32% to 26%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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