Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001848
DE ZAVALA EL
1419 COLLEGE AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76104 · (817) 814-5600 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
207 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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
59.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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
274
-29 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 11.8:1
% White
12%
was 10%
% Hispanic
68%
was 67%
% Black
16%
was 20%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DE ZAVALA EL
DE ZAVALA EL operates as a small K-5 school in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by FORT WORTH ISD. Current enrollment sits at 274 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 519.
FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools in total, collectively educating 70,612 students. DE ZAVALA EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, DE ZAVALA EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 16% Black, 12% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 76% of students at DE ZAVALA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, DE ZAVALA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of +13.5 points.
Across the wider county, Tarrant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DE ZAVALA EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
KI CHARTER - FORT WORTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DE ZAVALA EL. On composite proficiency, DE ZAVALA EL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DE ZAVALA EL has declined 10%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 20% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for DE ZAVALA EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- KI CHARTER - FORT WORTH0.5 mi · 80
- TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H S0.5 mi · 1,924
- CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CTR0.7 mi · 41
- DAGGETT MIDDLE0.7 mi · 353
- DAGGETT MONTESSORI0.7 mi · 546
- DAGGETT EL0.8 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About DE ZAVALA ELHow many students attend DE ZAVALA EL?
DE ZAVALA EL enrolls approximately 274 students in grades PK-05.
Is DE ZAVALA EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DE ZAVALA EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DE ZAVALA EL have?
DE ZAVALA EL employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is DE ZAVALA EL?
DE ZAVALA EL reports a student body of 12% White, 68% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees DE ZAVALA EL?
DE ZAVALA EL is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.