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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRDVILLE ISD·NCES 481023000500
Cheney Hills Elementary School
3001 DREEBEN DR, HALTOM CITY, TX 76117 · (817) 547-2300 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
580 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 96 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 32.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like Cheney Hills Elementary School
Cheney Hills Elementary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney Hills Elementary School this school | 696 | 83.3% | 27.9% |
| Mill Street Elementary School LEWISVILLE | 665 | 83.6% | 18.9% |
| Hodge Elementary School DENTON | 660 | 83.9% | 28.1% |
| Anderson Elementary School CONROE | 686 | 81.5% | 51.8% |
| Hopkins Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 707 | 81.3% | 26.3% |
| Brookwood Forest Elementary School PORTER | 791 | 83.7% | 37.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cheney Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #3,845 of 4,401 | #264 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,476 of 4,466 ▲ 954 | #159 of 339 ▲ 86 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,600 of 4,466 ▲ 1,595 | #181 of 339 ▲ 130 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #961 of 3,998 | #67 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #944 of 4,938 | #39 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,750 of 4,622 | #221 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #3,036 of 4,628 | #293 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #1,703 of 4,789 | #129 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.7% | #85 of 1,307 | #4 of 72 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
696
+324 (+87%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 696 | 45.4 | 15.3:1 | 83% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 684 | 46.5 | 14.7:1 | 88% (605) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 47.3 | 14.0:1 | 86% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 92% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 27.4 | 16.3:1 | 92% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 87% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 91% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 75% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheney Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 56% (447 to 696); teachers up 66% (27.4 to 45.4).
About Cheney Hills Elementary School
Cheney Hills Elementary School, located in HALTOM CITY, Texas, is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 696 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 34% higher.
District-wide, BIRDVILLE ISD has 30 schools and 22,267 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Cheney Hills Elementary School is 76%, a majority. The school is also 10% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Tarrant County residents. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Cheney Hills Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%. The 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 20 points lower.
Cheney Hills Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.1% for Cheney Hills Elementary School. The school posts 27.9%, 10.2 points below the prediction.
In Tarrant County, home to about 2,167,390 people, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Tarrant County number 639, with about 385,835 students.
Among nearby public schools, Winfree Academy North Richland Hills is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cheney Hills Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Cheney Hills Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Cheney Hills Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 372 in 2020-21 and 696 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.3:1 to 15.3:1.
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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 BIRDVILLE ISD
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Birdville High SchoolHigh · 2,069 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- Smithfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Other schools in HALTOM CITY
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- West Birdville Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- O H Stowe Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- David E Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- IDEA Achieve AcademyElementary · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Winfree Academy North Richland Hills0.4 mi · 208
- Bob E Griggs High School0.6 mi · 140
- Birdville Elementary School0.6 mi · 479
- Alliene Mullendore Elementary School0.9 mi · 309
- Iltexas North Richland Hills Middle School1.5 mi · 350
- Iltexas North Richland Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Cheney Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cheney Hills Elementary School?
Cheney Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cheney Hills Elementary School serve?
Cheney Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cheney Hills Elementary School have?
Cheney Hills Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Cheney Hills Elementary School?
Cheney Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 76% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Cheney Hills Elementary School in?
Cheney Hills Elementary School is part of BIRDVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.