BIRDVILLE EL

As a mid-tier primary school in HALTOM CITY, Texas, BIRDVILLE EL works with 479 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within BIRDVILLE ISD.

Across the 30 schools in BIRDVILLE ISD (22,267 students total), BIRDVILLE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BIRDVILLE EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BIRDVILLE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tarrant County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), BIRDVILLE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BOB E GRIGGS H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BIRDVILLE EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 12%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 63% to 71%.

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