Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001855
East Handley Elementary School
2617 MIMS ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76112 · (817) 815-4400 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- C+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
15.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
306 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
49%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 20.0% | 32.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 29.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 East Handley Elementary School
East Handley Elementary School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Handley Elementary School this school | 329 | 93.0% | 25.2% |
| Bishop Elementary School EVERMAN | 341 | 92.7% | 38.5% |
| Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School DALLAS | 292 | 94.5% | 29.9% |
| Esperanza Medrano Elementary School DALLAS | 349 | 96.3% | 30.5% |
| Hodges Elementary School LUBBOCK | 292 | 93.2% | 41.4% |
| Garden Villas Elementary School HOUSTON | 363 | 90.6% | 36.6% |
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 East Handley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,043 of 4,401 | #286 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,340 of 4,466 ▲ 306 | #231 of 339 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,307 of 4,466 ▼ 179 | #326 of 339 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,411 of 3,998 | #177 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #4,012 of 4,938 | #317 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,673 of 4,622 | #212 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #2,529 of 4,628 | #265 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #735 of 4,789 | #52 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #935 of 2,838 | #93 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
329
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 329 | 21.6 | 15.2:1 | 93% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 90% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 24.8 | 13.0:1 | 95% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 92% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 34.7 | 12.3:1 | 88% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 85% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 75% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 38% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 18 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Handley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (427 to 329); teachers down 38% (34.7 to 21.6).
About East Handley Elementary School
East Handley Elementary School is a public elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 329 students. It has 37% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
FORT WORTH ISD has a total of 136 schools and 70,612 students, East Handley Elementary School among them.
The share of Hispanic students at East Handley Elementary School is 68%, a majority. Other students are 20% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Tarrant County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
There are 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. On the income side, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 30 points.
East Handley Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.0% for East Handley Elementary School. The school posts 25.2%, 8.8 points below the prediction.
Census data for Tarrant County show median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
East Handley Elementary School's nearest public school is Newman International Academy at Fort Worth (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of East Handley Elementary School. On state test proficiency, East Handley Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around East Handley Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.2:1, from 13.3:1.
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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
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- Metro Opportunity1.1 mi · 73
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- Eastern Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About East Handley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Handley Elementary School?
East Handley Elementary School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does East Handley Elementary School serve?
East Handley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does East Handley Elementary School have?
East Handley Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is East Handley Elementary School?
East Handley Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 68% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is East Handley Elementary School in?
East Handley Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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