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What's the biggest difference between BURGIN EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870008910
Burgin Elementary School
401 E MAYFIELD RD, ARLINGTON, TX 76014 · (682) 867-1300 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
509 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 111 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
48%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
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 20.0% | 28.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Burgin Elementary School
Burgin Elementary School's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgin Elementary School this school | 561 | 90.7% | 29.1% |
| Handley STEM Elementary School GARLAND | 563 | 88.1% | 34.7% |
| Marilyn Miller Language Academy FORT WORTH | 509 | 91.2% | 10.8% |
| Webb Elementary School ARLINGTON | 608 | 92.8% | 25.5% |
| Carver Elementary School BAYTOWN | 566 | 88.7% | 29.4% |
| Cunningham Elementary School HOUSTON | 562 | 92.9% | 47.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Burgin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #3,748 of 4,401 | #253 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,417 of 4,466 ▲ 120 | #236 of 339 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #4,037 of 4,466 ▼ 38 | #296 of 339 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,670 of 3,998 | #200 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #1,940 of 4,938 | #122 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #542 of 4,622 | #35 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #2,594 of 4,628 | #269 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #986 of 4,789 | #80 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #2,464 of 2,838 | #214 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
561
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 561 | 44.8 | 12.5:1 | 91% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 44.7 | 14.0:1 | 93% (584) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 40.6 | 15.0:1 | 92% (558) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 46 | 13.1:1 | 92% (552) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 39.7 | 14.8:1 | 87% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 798 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 81% (649) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 50 | 17.1:1 | 82% (702) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 58% (445) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burgin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (590 to 561); teachers up 13% (39.7 to 44.8).
About Burgin Elementary School
Burgin Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas. A federal count lists 561 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
Burgin Elementary School is one school in a 75-school district, ARLINGTON ISD, which enrolls 53,394 students.
A majority of students at Burgin Elementary School, 70%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 18% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Tarrant County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 39 points below the school's share. Burgin Elementary School has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. Burgin Elementary School reports 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 63% for public schools in Tarrant County.
Burgin Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.1%, compared with a predicted 34.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Tarrant County, median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 639 public schools operate in Tarrant County, serving about 385,835 students.
Morton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 29.4% on proficiency, and Burgin Elementary School is below that at 29.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 601 to 561.
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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 ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Morton Elementary School0.3 mi · 446
- McNutt Elementary School0.4 mi · 675
- Workman Junior High School0.6 mi · 1,162
- Amos Elementary School0.8 mi · 323
- Basepoint Academy - Arlington0.8 mi · 15
- Goodman Elementary School1.2 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Burgin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Burgin Elementary School?
Burgin Elementary School enrolls approximately 561 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Burgin Elementary School serve?
Burgin Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burgin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burgin Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burgin Elementary School?
At Burgin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 70% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Burgin Elementary School?
Burgin Elementary School is overseen by ARLINGTON ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.