Community Based PK

Community Based PK is an elementary school located in ARLINGTON, Texas, in Tarrant County. It had 55 students in 2023-24, spanning pre-K. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 89% lower.

Community Based PK is among 75 schools run by ARLINGTON ISD, which serves 53,394 students.

The student body at Community Based PK is 65% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 18%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Community Based PK scores 53%.

The school has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 26.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-24. For comparison, public schools in Tarrant County average 63%.

Looking at the county, Tarrant County, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Tarrant County has 639 public schools with about 385,835 students, including Community Based PK.

Kooken Ed Center, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

In the federal locale system, Community Based PK is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2017-18 and 2023-24, reported enrollment went from 488 to 55. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The Black share was 47% in 2017-18 and 65% in 2023-24. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 28.7:1 to 27.5:1.

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