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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD·NCES 481770011034
Chisholm Ridge
8301 RUNNING RIVER, FORT WORTH, TX 76131 · (817) 232-0715 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- B-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
15.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
378 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 53 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Chisholm Ridge
Chisholm Ridge's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm Ridge this school | 623 | 60.7% | 37.9% |
| Wilshire Elementary School EULESS | 681 | 64.5% | 65.7% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Garland GARLAND | 759 | 61.5% | 49.5% |
| Trinity Lakes Elementary School FORT WORTH | 657 | 61.6% | 52.3% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Plano PLANO | 627 | 57.6% | 58.0% |
| Parkview Elementary School FORT WORTH | 618 | 65.0% | 41.0% |
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 Chisholm Ridge ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #2,852 of 4,401 | #175 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,842 of 4,466 ▲ 202 | #190 of 339 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,615 of 4,466 ▲ 725 | #103 of 339 ▲ 47 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,924 of 3,998 | #143 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #1,432 of 4,938 | #82 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,146 of 4,622 | #264 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #19 of 4,628 | #8 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #3,080 of 4,789 | #224 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #2,368 of 2,838 | #203 of 242 |
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
623
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 623 | 39.4 | 15.8:1 | 61% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 46.3 | 14.6:1 | 64% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 48.8 | 14.8:1 | 59% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 48% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 38.9 | 17.1:1 | 44% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 43% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 37% (253) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chisholm Ridge.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (664 to 623); teachers up 1% (38.9 to 39.4).
About Chisholm Ridge
Chisholm Ridge is a mid-sized elementary school found in FORT WORTH, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 623 students. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD is made up of 32 schools with 23,982 students in all.
No group is above 50% at Chisholm Ridge; the largest is Hispanic, at 29%. The school is also 25% Black, 21% White, 18% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Among Tarrant County residents, the Hispanic share is about 30%. The diversity index for Chisholm Ridge is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Chisholm Ridge has a ratio of 15.8:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 61%. The figure for public schools in Tarrant County is close, at 63%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Chisholm Ridge outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Chisholm Ridge would be expected to post about 47.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.9%.
The school's county is Tarrant County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include Chisholm Ridge.
Chisholm Ridge is about 0.6 miles from Highland Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 37.9% is below the 41.5% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Chisholm Ridge the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 615 students in 2020-21 and 623 in 2024-25.
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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 EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Saginaw High SchoolHigh · 2,013 students
- Wayside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Creekview Middle SchoolMiddle · 962 students
- Prairie VistaMiddle · 958 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Middle School0.6 mi · 700
- High Country Elementary School0.6 mi · 511
- Great Hearts Prairie View0.7 mi · 919
- Sunset Valley Elementary School1.1 mi · 592
- Copper Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 702
- Prairie Vista1.4 mi · 958
Frequently asked questions
About Chisholm RidgeHow many students attend Chisholm Ridge?
Chisholm Ridge enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-05.
Is Chisholm Ridge an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chisholm Ridge is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chisholm Ridge?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chisholm Ridge is approximately 15.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Chisholm Ridge?
Chisholm Ridge reports a student body of 21% White, 29% Hispanic, 25% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Chisholm Ridge?
Chisholm Ridge is overseen by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.