CHARLES NASH EL

Set in FORT WORTH, Texas, CHARLES NASH EL is a compact K-5 school, one of the schools within FORT WORTH ISD. It hosts 213 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 519.

CHARLES NASH EL is one of 136 schools operated by FORT WORTH ISD, a district that serves 70,612 students overall.

On demographics, CHARLES NASH EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CHARLES NASH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHARLES NASH EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 34.6%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) records that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 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 CHARLES NASH EL is one.

YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHARLES NASH EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHARLES NASH EL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 276 students in 2018 compared to 213 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 21% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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