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Which teacher or staff member at BESS RACE EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
647
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROWLEY ISD·NCES 481591001154
Bess Race Elementary School
537 S HEIGHTS DR, CROWLEY, TX 76036 · (817) 297-5080 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
517 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 97 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 2 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 | 21.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Bess Race Elementary School
Bess Race Elementary School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bess Race Elementary School this school | 647 | 79.9% | 30.3% |
| Willow Springs Elementary School KILLEEN | 670 | 77.8% | 38.9% |
| S H Crowley Elementary School FORT WORTH | 606 | 78.4% | 40.1% |
| Ira Cross Jr Elementary School KILLEEN | 642 | 81.3% | 47.0% |
| Hay Branch Elementary School KILLEEN | 522 | 80.3% | 28.4% |
| Oakmont Elementary School FORT WORTH | 562 | 81.3% | 40.9% |
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 Bess Race Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,641 of 4,401 | #242 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,715 of 4,466 ▲ 1,095 | #175 of 339 ▲ 99 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,109 of 4,466 ▲ 368 | #220 of 339 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #860 of 3,998 | #59 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #1,271 of 4,938 | #69 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,332 of 4,622 | #278 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #1,086 of 4,628 | #146 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #1,962 of 4,789 | #144 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #663 of 1,307 | #25 of 72 |
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
647
+36 (+6%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 647 | 40.3 | 16.1:1 | 80% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 46.6 | 14.4:1 | 82% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 49.2 | 13.5:1 | 77% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 71% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 50% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 55% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 37 | 18.5:1 | 44% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 16% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 32 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bess Race Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (577 to 647); teachers up 1% (40 to 40.3).
About Bess Race Elementary School
Bess Race Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of CROWLEY, Texas. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 647 students. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 25% higher.
The district, CROWLEY ISD, has 17,011 students enrolled across 24 schools.
Black students account for 52% of enrollment at Bess Race Elementary School. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 16% White, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 18% Black share among all Tarrant County residents. Bess Race Elementary School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Bess Race Elementary School counts 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.1 students for each one. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. About 80% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Tarrant County average 63%.
Bess Race Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (30.3%) and its predicted rate (39.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Within Tarrant County, median household income is about $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 639 public schools in Tarrant County, with a combined enrollment of about 385,835.
The shortest distance from Bess Race Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Crowley High School. The five-mile area around Bess Race Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 42.0% proficiency; Bess Race Elementary School posts 30.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 647 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 611.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Bess Race Elementary School. 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 CROWLEY ISD
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Summer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,035 students
- Richard Allie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,008 students
- Crowley Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- H F Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
Other schools in CROWLEY
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Summer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,035 students
- Richard Allie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,008 students
- H F Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 647 students
- Crowley Montessori AcademyElementary · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Crowley High School0.5 mi · 2,433
- Richard Allie Middle School0.6 mi · 1,008
- S H Crowley Elementary School1.2 mi · 606
- Deer Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 647
- Crowley Montessori Academy1.7 mi · 292
- Frazier Elementary School1.8 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Bess Race Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bess Race Elementary School?
Bess Race Elementary School enrolls approximately 647 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bess Race Elementary School serve?
Bess Race Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bess Race Elementary School have?
Bess Race Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
How diverse is Bess Race Elementary School?
Bess Race Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 25% Hispanic, 52% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bess Race Elementary School?
Bess Race Elementary School is overseen by CROWLEY ISD in Tarrant County.
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