BENBROOK EL

BENBROOK EL is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by FORT WORTH ISD, with 346 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BENBROOK EL is one of 136 schools operated by FORT WORTH ISD, a district that caters to 70,612 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BENBROOK EL reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 36% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Tarrant County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BENBROOK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 45.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which BENBROOK EL is one.

BASIS BENBROOK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BENBROOK EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. BENBROOK EL's enrollment has edged down 47% since 2018, when it stood at 658 (now 346). The White share of enrollment decreased from 61% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the BENBROOK EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.