CROUCH EL

As a mid-tier K-5 school in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, CROUCH EL works with 516 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD.

CROUCH EL is one of 75 schools operated by ARLINGTON ISD, a district that serves 53,394 students overall.

On demographics, CROUCH EL reports that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, CROUCH EL logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CROUCH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, CROUCH EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.2%; actual is 18.8%, a gap of -15.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which CROUCH EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PATRICK EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CROUCH EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.5%.

CROUCH EL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the CROUCH EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.