CROSS TIMBERS INT

Located at 2934 RUSSELL RD, in ARLINGTON, Texas, CROSS TIMBERS INT is a medium-sized junior high that serves 588 students (grades 5 through 6), part of MANSFIELD ISD.

Across the 47 schools in MANSFIELD ISD (35,354 students total), CROSS TIMBERS INT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CROSS TIMBERS INT reports that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CROSS TIMBERS INT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.1%.

Around the school, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. CROSS TIMBERS INT is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

CAROL HOLT EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CROSS TIMBERS INT ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.5%.

CROSS TIMBERS INT operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. CROSS TIMBERS INT's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 830 (now 588). Over the same period, the White share fell from 24% to 17%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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