DAGGETT EL

DAGGETT EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under FORT WORTH ISD. The school hosts 526 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within FORT WORTH ISD, which oversees 136 schools and 70,612 students, DAGGETT EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DAGGETT EL shows that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 9% Black, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, DAGGETT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DAGGETT EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

The closest other public school is DAGGETT MONTESSORI, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DAGGETT EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 27%: 724 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.