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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BIRDVILLE H S administration to hear?
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Enrollment
2,069
High
DISTRICT 1,757 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRDVILLE ISD·NCES 481023008368
Birdville High School
9100 MID CITIES BLVD, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76180 · (817) 547-8000 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,069 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Texas public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
120 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
839 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 523 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 534 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 476 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 536 | 26% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 47.0% | 13.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 34.0% | 30.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Birdville High School
Birdville High School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdville High School this school | 2,069 | 40.6% | 64.0% |
| Royse City High School ROYSE CITY | 2,834 | 39.2% | 53.0% |
| Nederland High School NEDERLAND | 1,500 | 39.3% | 61.8% |
| Burleson High School BURLESON | 1,791 | 35.3% | 60.8% |
| Oak Ridge High School CONROE | 2,758 | 43.1% | 66.8% |
| Boswell High School FORT WORTH | 2,445 | 40.8% | 61.4% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Birdville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #378 of 1,385 | #15 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #402 of 1,425 ▼ 54 | #23 of 76 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #472 of 1,425 ▲ 100 | #27 of 76 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.5pp | #325 of 1,184 | #13 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,069 | #299 of 2,107 | #24 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,098 of 1,344 | #59 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #228 of 1,346 | #31 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #1,200 of 1,522 | #72 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #550 of 557 | #35 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,069
+9 (+0%) vs 2020
+81% since 2000-01, when it was 1,142
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 2,069 | 120.3 | 17.2:1 | 41% (839) |
| 2023-24 | 2,097 | 127.4 | 16.5:1 | 45% (948) |
| 2022-23 | 2,086 | 125.7 | 16.6:1 | 46% (954) |
| 2020-21 | 2,060 | 116 | 17.8:1 | 40% (823) |
| 2017-18 | 2,074 | 125.1 | 16.6:1 | 36% (746) |
| 2015-16 | 2,080 | 128 | 16.3:1 | 34% (713) |
| 2010-11 | 1,902 | 114 | 16.7:1 | 30% (577) |
| 2000-01 | 1,142 | 72 | 15.9:1 | 13% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Birdville High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (2,074 to 2,069); teachers down 4% (125.1 to 120.3).
About Birdville High School
Birdville High School is a high-enrollment high school located in NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas. It reports enrollment of 2,069 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 160% bigger than the average for high schools in Texas.
BIRDVILLE ISD enrolls 22,267 students in 30 schools, including Birdville High School.
The largest group at Birdville High School is White students, at 46%. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Tarrant County at about 48% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.2:1. The school has 120.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1. In all, 41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 22 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Birdville High School lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Texas public high schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Birdville High School's results are 7.6 points above predicted: 64.0% against 56.4%.
Census data for Tarrant County show median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
Birdville High School's closest public school neighbor is Walker Creek Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Birdville High School at 6th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 2,069, starting from 2,060.
People who know Birdville High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 BIRDVILLE ISD
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- Smithfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Watauga Elementary SchoolElementary · 700 students
Other schools in NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Academy at Carrie F ThomasElementary · 586 students
- North Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Walker Creek Elementary School0.4 mi · 458
- W A Porter Elementary School0.6 mi · 538
- Smithfield Middle School0.7 mi · 798
- Grapevine-Colleyville Collegiate Academy at Tcc Ne1.0 mi · 358
- Academy at Carrie F Thomas1.2 mi · 586
- Smithfield Elementary School1.3 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Birdville High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Birdville High School?
Birdville High School enrolls approximately 2,069 students in grades 09-12.
Is Birdville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Birdville High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Birdville High School have?
Birdville High School employs 120 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
How diverse is Birdville High School?
Birdville High School reports a student body of 46% White, 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Birdville High School?
Birdville High School is overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.