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Enrollment
2,258
High
DISTRICT 1,539 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD·NCES 481770012760
Chisholm Trail High School
3100 NW COLLEGE DR, FORT WORTH, TX 76179 · (817) 232-7112 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,258 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Texas public high schools
- C+Test 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.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
140 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
1,048 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 564 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 561 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 568 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 565 | 25% |
Student demographics
68%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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 47.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 23.0% | 42.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Trail High School
Chisholm Trail High School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm Trail High School this school | 2,258 | 46.4% | 51.2% |
| Little Elm High School LITTLE ELM | 2,519 | 44.7% | 56.2% |
| Richardson High School RICHARDSON | 2,669 | 44.6% | 61.4% |
| Mansfield Legacy High School MANSFIELD | 2,568 | 48.8% | 59.3% |
| Boswell High School FORT WORTH | 2,445 | 40.8% | 61.4% |
| Oak Ridge High School CONROE | 2,758 | 43.1% | 66.8% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Trail High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #781 of 1,385 | #37 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,063 of 1,425 ▼ 218 | #50 of 76 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #759 of 1,425 ▼ 43 | #37 of 76 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #843 of 1,184 | #40 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,258 | #233 of 2,107 | #18 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #954 of 1,344 | #49 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #162 of 1,346 | #26 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #1,081 of 1,522 | #66 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #409 of 672 | #23 of 37 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,258
-30 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 2,258 | 139.5 | 16.2:1 | 46% (1,048) |
| 2023-24 | 2,501 | 158.3 | 15.8:1 | 50% (1,261) |
| 2022-23 | 2,493 | 153.8 | 16.2:1 | 49% (1,210) |
| 2020-21 | 2,288 | 144 | 15.9:1 | 40% (915) |
| 2017-18 | 2,078 | 136 | 15.3:1 | 44% (910) |
| 2015-16 | 1,967 | 119 | 16.5:1 | 43% (849) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chisholm Trail High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (2,078 to 2,258); teachers up 3% (136 to 139.5).
About Chisholm Trail High School
Chisholm Trail High School is a large high school in FORT WORTH, Texas, administered by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD. In all, 2,258 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. It has 184% more students than the average for high schools in Texas (about 796).
In EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD, 32 schools enroll a combined 23,982 students.
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at Chisholm Trail High School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% White, 18% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Tarrant County overall, about 30% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Chisholm Trail High School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 139.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.2 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Chisholm Trail High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 46%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Tarrant County.
Chisholm Trail High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Texas public high schools.
Chisholm Trail High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.2% and a predicted 53.9%.
For Tarrant County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Chisholm Trail High School from the closest public school, Marine Creek Collegiate High School. The five-mile area around Chisholm Trail High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Chisholm Trail High School's average proficiency of 51.2% compares with 41.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Chisholm Trail High School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Chisholm Trail High School had 2,288 students in 2020-21 and 2,258 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
- Saginaw High SchoolHigh · 2,013 students
- Wayside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Creekview Middle SchoolMiddle · 962 students
- Prairie VistaMiddle · 958 students
- Marine Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 926 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
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Brewer High SchoolHigh · 2,113 students
Nearby schools
- Marine Creek Collegiate High School0.3 mi · 350
- Marine Creek Middle School0.4 mi · 926
- Remington Point Elementary School0.8 mi · 511
- Parkview Elementary School1.2 mi · 588
- Greenfield Elementary School1.2 mi · 620
- Marine Creek Leadership Academy1.2 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Chisholm Trail High SchoolHow large is Chisholm Trail High School?
Chisholm Trail High School enrolls approximately 2,258 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Chisholm Trail High School serve?
Chisholm Trail High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Chisholm Trail High School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Chisholm Trail High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chisholm Trail High School?
At Chisholm Trail High School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 46% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Chisholm Trail High School in?
Chisholm Trail High School is part of EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.