BILL J ELLIOTT EL

BILL J ELLIOTT EL, an intimate K-5 school in FORT WORTH, Texas, part of FORT WORTH ISD, serves 381 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools in total, collectively educating 70,612 students. BILL J ELLIOTT EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BILL J ELLIOTT EL logs that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, BILL J ELLIOTT EL lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at BILL J ELLIOTT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BILL J ELLIOTT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 28.8%.

In the broader community, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which BILL J ELLIOTT EL is one.

METRO OPPORTUNITY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BILL J ELLIOTT EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

BILL J ELLIOTT EL operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. BILL J ELLIOTT EL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 381). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 79% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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