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Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001831
Benbrook Elementary School
800 MERCEDES ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76126 · (817) 815-6400 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
199 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Benbrook Elementary School
Benbrook Elementary School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benbrook Elementary School this school | 346 | 57.5% | 50.6% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary School AMARILLO | 362 | 59.4% | 55.4% |
| Rosebud-Lott Elementary School LOTT | 386 | 53.6% | 43.8% |
| Anahuac Primary School ANAHUAC | 406 | 56.9% | N/A |
| Olney Elementary School OLNEY | 369 | 59.1% | 51.4% |
| Stafford Elementary School ITALY | 314 | 54.5% | 41.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Benbrook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,375 of 4,401 | #82 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,136 of 4,466 ▲ 145 | #63 of 339 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #771 of 4,466 ▼ 88 | #47 of 339 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #1,068 of 3,998 | #77 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #3,898 of 4,938 | #305 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,031 of 4,622 | #156 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #1,357 of 4,628 | #178 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #3,245 of 4,789 | #236 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.4% | #73 of 2,838 | #5 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
346
-119 (-26%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 346 | 23.8 | 14.5:1 | 58% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 61% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 58% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 58% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 39% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 35% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 33% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 32 | 18.0:1 | 16% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 32 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benbrook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (658 to 346); teachers down 41% (40 to 23.8).
About Benbrook Elementary School
At 800 MERCEDES ST in FORT WORTH, Texas, Benbrook Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 346 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
FORT WORTH ISD serves 70,612 students across 136 schools.
At Benbrook Elementary School, White students make up 50% of the student body. The next largest groups are 36% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. County-wide, about 48% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Benbrook Elementary School counts 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.5 students for each one. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 58% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Benbrook Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Benbrook Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.6%, compared with a predicted 49.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Tarrant County (population about 2,167,390), the median household income is $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Benbrook Elementary School is one of 639 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Basis Benbrook is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Benbrook Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 50.6% is above the 41.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Benbrook Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Benbrook Elementary School's enrollment dropped 26%, to 346. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
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- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
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Other Benbrook Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Benbrook Elementary. Benbrook Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Benbrook Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Basis Benbrook0.7 mi · 534
- World Languages Institute1.7 mi · 520
- Benbrook Middle/High School1.9 mi · 1,478
- Westpark Elementary School2.1 mi · 358
- Ridglea Hills Elementary School2.5 mi · 742
- Luella Merrett Elementary School2.6 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Benbrook Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Benbrook Elementary School?
Benbrook Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Benbrook Elementary School serve?
Benbrook Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Benbrook Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Benbrook Elementary School.
How diverse is Benbrook Elementary School?
Benbrook Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 36% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Benbrook Elementary School?
Benbrook Elementary School is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.