EASTERN HILLS EL

Set in FORT WORTH, Texas, EASTERN HILLS EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD. It educates 459 students across grades pre-K through 5.

EASTERN HILLS EL is one of 136 schools operated by FORT WORTH ISD, a district that hosts 70,612 students overall.

In terms of who attends, EASTERN HILLS EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, EASTERN HILLS EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.5%; EASTERN HILLS EL posts 13.4%, -20.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) records that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), EASTERN HILLS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EASTERN HILLS H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EASTERN HILLS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EASTERN HILLS EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 22.3%.

EASTERN HILLS EL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 459 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 33% to 54%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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