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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001838
CARTER PARK EL
1204 E BROADUS AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76115 · (817) 815-8600 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
425 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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
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
28.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
15.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
445
-198 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.3:1
% White
4%
was 4%
% Hispanic
81%
was 74%
% Black
12%
was 19%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CARTER PARK EL
CARTER PARK EL is one of the medium-sized primary schools in FORT WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within FORT WORTH ISD, with 445 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 136 schools in FORT WORTH ISD (70,612 students total), CARTER PARK EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CARTER PARK EL shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 12% Black, 4% White, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CARTER PARK EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.2%; actual is 17.5%, a gap of -14.7 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which CARTER PARK EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARTER PARK EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.7%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 643 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 19% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.
On the community side, members of the CARTER PARK EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
- ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS0.8 mi · 146
- CLIFFORD DAVIS EL1.0 mi · 868
- WORTH HEIGHTS EL1.0 mi · 439
- TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY - FORT WORTH1.0 mi · 2,020
- O D WYATT H S1.1 mi · 1,499
- TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOLS - FORT WORTH CAMPUS1.2 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About CARTER PARK ELHow many students attend CARTER PARK EL?
CARTER PARK EL enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
Is CARTER PARK EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CARTER PARK EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CARTER PARK EL have?
CARTER PARK EL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at CARTER PARK EL?
Student demographics at CARTER PARK EL are roughly 4% White, 81% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is CARTER PARK EL in?
CARTER PARK EL is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.