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BOSWELL H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BOSWELL H S
Located at 5805 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, in FORT WORTH, Texas, BOSWELL H S is a heavily attended four-year high school that enrolls 2,445 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so BOSWELL H S sits 207% larger than that benchmark.
BOSWELL H S is one of 32 schools operated by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD, a district that caters to 23,982 students overall.
Demographically, BOSWELL H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 32% White, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, BOSWELL H S logs 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at BOSWELL H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, BOSWELL H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of +5.6 points.
Around the school, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which BOSWELL H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: LAKE POINTE EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOSWELL H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOSWELL H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.0%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Over the past 7-year window. BOSWELL H S's enrollment has rose 29% since 2018, when it stood at 1,898 (now 2,445). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 56% to 32%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.
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