BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL

BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in BEDFORD, Texas, operated by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD. The school hosts 651 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL is one of 31 schools operated by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, a district that hosts 23,262 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL reports that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of +8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SHADY BROOK EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEDFORD HEIGHTS EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 787 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 54% across the same window.

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