CAROL HOLT EL

Set in ARLINGTON, Texas, CAROL HOLT EL is an intimate elementary-level community, run under MANSFIELD ISD. It serves 391 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CAROL HOLT EL is one of 47 schools operated by MANSFIELD ISD, a district that instructs 35,354 students overall.

Demographically, CAROL HOLT EL logs that the most-represented group is Black (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 23% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CAROL HOLT EL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CAROL HOLT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

In the broader community, Tarrant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), CAROL HOLT EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CROSS TIMBERS INT, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAROL HOLT EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 391 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 37% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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