BLANTON EL

BLANTON EL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in ARLINGTON, Texas, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD, with 456 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Within ARLINGTON ISD, which oversees 75 schools and 53,394 students, BLANTON EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, BLANTON EL records that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 5% White, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, BLANTON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, 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), BLANTON EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CARTER J H, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLANTON EL. On composite proficiency, BLANTON EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 623 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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