CASTLEBERRY EL

As a mid-sized elementary campus in FORT WORTH, Texas, CASTLEBERRY EL serves 754 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by CASTLEBERRY ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

Within CASTLEBERRY ISD, which oversees 7 schools and 3,851 students, CASTLEBERRY EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CASTLEBERRY EL lists that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 11% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, CASTLEBERRY EL shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% 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 above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CASTLEBERRY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) logs that median household income runs about $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 CASTLEBERRY EL is one.

T R U C E LEARNING CTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CASTLEBERRY EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 753 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 19% to 11%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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