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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at EASTERN HILLS H S this year?
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Enrollment
1,189
High
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001857
Eastern Hills High School
5701 SHELTON ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76112 · (817) 815-4000 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,189 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Texas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
1,060 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 487 | 41% |
| Grade 10 | 288 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 217 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 197 | 17% |
Student demographics
59%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
27.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
13.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 47.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 8.0% | 46.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 6.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 5.0% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 7.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 2.0% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Eastern Hills High School
Eastern Hills High School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Hills High School this school | 1,189 | 89.2% | 28.9% |
| Estacado High School LUBBOCK | 787 | 90.0% | 27.4% |
| Southwest High School FORT WORTH | 1,155 | 84.7% | 31.3% |
| North Forest High School HOUSTON | 905 | 96.2% | 38.2% |
| Wilmer-Hutchins High School DALLAS | 921 | 97.9% | 24.8% |
| Everman High School EVERMAN | 1,529 | 95.2% | 36.2% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Eastern Hills High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #1,343 of 1,385 | #65 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,401 of 1,425 ▼ 12 | #74 of 76 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,403 of 1,425 ▼ 44 | #71 of 76 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #919 of 1,184 | #48 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,189 | #523 of 2,107 | #42 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #804 of 1,344 | #35 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #390 of 1,346 | #49 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #213 of 1,522 | #15 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #558 of 672 | #32 of 37 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,189
+121 (+11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,327
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 1,189 | 77.1 | 15.4:1 | 89% (1,060) |
| 2023-24 | 1,184 | 64.2 | 18.4:1 | 88% (1,043) |
| 2022-23 | 1,194 | 71.2 | 16.8:1 | 92% (1,098) |
| 2020-21 | 1,068 | 78 | 13.7:1 | 93% (991) |
| 2017-18 | 1,150 | 87.6 | 13.1:1 | 83% (957) |
| 2015-16 | 1,171 | 98 | 11.9:1 | 67% (787) |
| 2010-11 | 1,294 | 103 | 12.6:1 | 66% (852) |
| 2000-01 | 1,510 | 80 | 18.9:1 | 37% (561) |
| 1990-91 | 1,327 | 74 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Hills High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,150 to 1,189); teachers down 12% (87.6 to 77.1).
About Eastern Hills High School
Students in FORT WORTH, Texas, attend Eastern Hills High School, a mid-sized high school. It reported 1,189 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
FORT WORTH ISD runs Eastern Hills High School along with 135 other schools, enrolling 70,612 students in total.
The student body at Eastern Hills High School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. Other groups include 44% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 30% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Eastern Hills High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1, with 77.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 89% at Eastern Hills High School. Across public schools in Tarrant County, the average is 63%.
Eastern Hills High School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Texas public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.6%.
Tarrant County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include Eastern Hills High School.
Eastern Hills Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Eastern Hills High School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Eastern Hills High School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 11% rise took enrollment from 1,068 in 2020-21 to 1,189 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.4:1) than in 2020-21 (13.7:1).
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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
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
Nearby schools
- Eastern Hills Elementary School0.2 mi · 459
- West Handley Elementary School0.6 mi · 341
- Jean McClung Middle School1.1 mi · 514
- Newman International Academy at Fort Worth1.2 mi · 255
- Iltexas Woodhaven Middle School1.4 mi · 295
- Iltexas Woodhaven Elementary School1.4 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern Hills High SchoolHow many students attend Eastern Hills High School?
Eastern Hills High School enrolls approximately 1,189 students in grades 09-12.
Is Eastern Hills High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastern Hills High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Eastern Hills High School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Eastern Hills High School.
What is the student diversity at Eastern Hills High School?
Student demographics at Eastern Hills High School are roughly 4% White, 46% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Eastern Hills High School in?
Eastern Hills High School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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