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What do students at CROUCH EL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870007434
CROUCH EL
2810 PRAIRIE HILL LN, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75051 · (682) 867-0200 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
469 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
516
-135 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.0:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
81%
was 81%
% Black
15%
was 14%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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), CROUCH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.8%.
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.
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 ARLINGTON ISD
- MARTIN H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- SEGUIN H SHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in GRAND PRAIRIE
- SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE H SHigh · 3,239 students
- GRAND PRAIRIE H SHigh · 2,817 students
- JOHN A DUBISKI CAREER H SHigh · 1,574 students
- BILL ARNOLD MIDDLEMiddle · 1,081 students
- ADVANTAGE ACADEMYCombined · 972 students
- ILTEXAS GRAND PRAIRIE ELElementary · 936 students
Nearby schools
- PATRICK EL0.3 mi · 496
- ANDERSON EL0.5 mi · 426
- THORNTON EL0.9 mi · 849
- JOHNS EL1.4 mi · 560
- DAVID DANIELS EL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & MATH1.5 mi · 445
- BERRY EL1.6 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About CROUCH ELHow large is CROUCH EL?
CROUCH EL enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does CROUCH EL serve?
CROUCH EL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CROUCH EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CROUCH EL is approximately 12.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CROUCH EL?
Student demographics at CROUCH EL are roughly 2% White, 81% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is CROUCH EL public or private?
CROUCH EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.