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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROWLEY ISD·NCES 481591012636
DAVID L WALKER ELT
9901 HEMPHILL ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76134 · (817) 568-2745 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
387 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 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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
434
-169 (-28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 17.0:1
% White
3%
was 8%
% Hispanic
38%
was 32%
% Black
53%
was 52%
% Asian
1%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DAVID L WALKER ELT
DAVID L WALKER ELT is an elementary campus of compact scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under CROWLEY ISD, serveing 434 students in grades pre-K through 5.
CROWLEY ISD runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 17,011 students. DAVID L WALKER ELT is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DAVID L WALKER ELT shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DAVID L WALKER ELT has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, DAVID L WALKER ELT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of +0.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which DAVID L WALKER ELT is one.
Nearest neighbor: SIDNEY H POYNTER, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DAVID L WALKER ELT ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 603 students in 2018 compared to 434 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 32% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
On this page, members of the DAVID L WALKER ELT community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 CROWLEY ISD
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,433 students
- SUMMER CREEK MIDDLEMiddle · 1,035 students
- RICHARD ALLIE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,008 students
- CROWLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 821 students
- H F STEVENS MIDDLEMiddle · 723 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- SIDNEY H POYNTER0.8 mi · 418
- CROWLEY COLLEGE PREP EL0.8 mi · 37
- PARKWAY EL1.3 mi · 423
- H F STEVENS MIDDLE1.4 mi · 723
- J A HARGRAVE EL1.7 mi · 442
- MEADOWCREEK EL2.0 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About DAVID L WALKER ELTWhat is the total enrollment at DAVID L WALKER ELT?
DAVID L WALKER ELT enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DAVID L WALKER ELT serve?
DAVID L WALKER ELT serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DAVID L WALKER ELT have?
DAVID L WALKER ELT employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is DAVID L WALKER ELT?
DAVID L WALKER ELT reports a student body of 3% White, 38% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees DAVID L WALKER ELT?
DAVID L WALKER ELT is overseen by CROWLEY ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.