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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970011018
Dolores Huerta Elementary School
3309 W LONG AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76106 · (817) 740-5550 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
415 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 10.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Schools most like Dolores Huerta Elementary School
Dolores Huerta Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolores Huerta Elementary School this school | 443 | 93.7% | 28.8% |
| Collins Garden Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 431 | 93.0% | 25.3% |
| Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 444 | 94.1% | 44.8% |
| Fred Booth Global Leadership Academy SAN BENITO | 441 | 93.2% | 32.3% |
| Zavala Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 433 | 94.9% | 31.6% |
| Sam Houston Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 428 | 93.0% | 27.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dolores Huerta Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #3,766 of 4,401 | #256 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,848 of 4,466 ▲ 984 | #115 of 339 ▲ 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,384 of 4,466 ▲ 1,284 | #164 of 339 ▲ 96 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #1,069 of 3,998 | #78 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #3,086 of 4,938 | #231 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #658 of 4,622 | #42 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #4,223 of 4,628 | #344 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #668 of 4,789 | #41 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #1,198 of 2,838 | #115 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
443
-79 (-15%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 443 | 34.8 | 12.7:1 | 94% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 94% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 93% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 93% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 37.3 | 14.8:1 | 90% (499) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 95% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 92% (544) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dolores Huerta Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (552 to 443); teachers down 7% (37.3 to 34.8).
About Dolores Huerta Elementary School
FORT WORTH, Texas, is home to Dolores Huerta Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 443 students, covering pre-K through 5.
FORT WORTH ISD has 70,612 students in 136 schools, and Dolores Huerta Elementary School is one of those schools.
Dolores Huerta Elementary School is 96% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 2% White. In Tarrant County overall, about 30% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dolores Huerta Elementary School scores 7%.
Dolores Huerta Elementary School reported 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.7:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 2.4 more students per teacher than here. There are 415 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 94% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Tarrant County report 63%.
Dolores Huerta Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Texas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Dolores Huerta Elementary School would be expected to post about 33.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.8%.
In the surrounding county, Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 639, with about 385,835 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Dolores Huerta Elementary School from the closest public school, Kirkpatrick Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Dolores Huerta Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 15% across 4 years, from 522 in 2020-21 to 443 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.5:1 in 2020-21 to 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Other Dolores Huerta Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Dolores Huerta Elementary. Dolores Huerta Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Dolores Huerta ElementaryLennox, CA · 529 students
- Dolores Huerta ElementaryStockton, CA · 453 students
- Dolores Huerta Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 324 students
- Dolores Huerta ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Kirkpatrick Elementary School0.6 mi · 296
- W J Turner Elementary School0.7 mi · 341
- Kirkpatrick Middle School0.7 mi · 485
- Sam Rosen Elementary School0.8 mi · 407
- Washington Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 268
- North Side High School1.3 mi · 1,676
Frequently asked questions
About Dolores Huerta Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dolores Huerta Elementary School?
Dolores Huerta Elementary School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dolores Huerta Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dolores Huerta Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dolores Huerta Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Dolores Huerta Elementary School.
How diverse is Dolores Huerta Elementary School?
Dolores Huerta Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Dolores Huerta Elementary School?
Dolores Huerta Elementary School 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.