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BREWER H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BREWER H S
BREWER H S, a well-populated senior high in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD, serves 2,113 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 165% above the state mean of about 796.
Across the 10 schools in WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD (7,899 students total), BREWER H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BREWER H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 35% White, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BREWER H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 48.0%.
Across the wider county, census data for Tarrant County shows 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 BREWER H S is one.
The closest other public school is TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY - TITAN ACADEMY, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BREWER H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.
The campus sits in a high-density setting.
Five-year trend. BREWER H S's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,954 (now 2,113). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 45% to 35% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for BREWER H S typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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