Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001834
BURTON HILL EL
519 BURTON HILL RD, FORT WORTH, TX 76107 · (817) 815-1400 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
211 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 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 17 points.
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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
365
-178 (-33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
% White
32%
was 34%
% Hispanic
51%
was 52%
% Black
10%
was 9%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BURTON HILL EL
BURTON HILL EL is a primary school of cozy scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, part of FORT WORTH ISD, serveing 365 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
Across the 136 schools in FORT WORTH ISD (70,612 students total), BURTON HILL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, BURTON HILL EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, BURTON HILL EL lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BURTON HILL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 40.9%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. BURTON HILL EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
CASTLEBERRY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BURTON HILL EL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.
BURTON HILL EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BURTON HILL EL has declined 33%, going from 543 students in 2018 to 365 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 FORT WORTH ISD
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
- TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H SHigh · 1,924 students
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H SHigh · 1,898 students
- SOUTH HILLS H SHigh · 1,846 students
- NORTH SIDE H SHigh · 1,676 students
- O D WYATT H SHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- CASTLEBERRY H S1.0 mi · 1,085
- IRMA MARSH MIDDLE1.2 mi · 840
- BOULEVARD HEIGHTS1.3 mi · 32
- TRANSITION CTR1.3 mi · 116
- A V CATO EL1.6 mi · 633
- REACH H S1.8 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About BURTON HILL ELHow large is BURTON HILL EL?
BURTON HILL EL enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BURTON HILL EL serve?
BURTON HILL EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BURTON HILL EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BURTON HILL EL is approximately 14.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BURTON HILL EL?
At BURTON HILL EL, the student body is approximately 32% White, 51% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is BURTON HILL EL public or private?
BURTON HILL EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.
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