EDWARD BRISCOE EL

EDWARD BRISCOE EL is an elementary-level community of compact scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within FORT WORTH ISD, educateing 288 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

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

On the student-mix side, EDWARD BRISCOE EL lists that Black students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, EDWARD BRISCOE EL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at EDWARD BRISCOE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, EDWARD BRISCOE EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.3%; actual is 10.4%, a gap of -22.9 points.

Across the wider county, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which EDWARD BRISCOE EL is one.

The closest other public school is MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDWARD BRISCOE EL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. EDWARD BRISCOE EL's enrollment has shrank 38% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 288). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 18% to 23%.

On the community side, members of the EDWARD BRISCOE EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.