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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ELLIS EL this year?
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Enrollment
753
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870006821
Ellis Elementary School
2601 SHADOW RDG DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76006 · (682) 867-7900 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
649 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 129 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 17.0% | 27.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Ellis Elementary School
Ellis Elementary School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Elementary School this school | 753 | 86.2% | 30.5% |
| Bammel Elementary School HOUSTON | 697 | 90.5% | 21.1% |
| Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary School PORT ARTHUR | 644 | 84.8% | 28.8% |
| Francis Elementary School HUMBLE | 770 | 91.9% | 26.6% |
| Iltexas Houston Orem Elementary School HOUSTON | 837 | 90.0% | 14.9% |
| Sst Advancement HOUSTON | 646 | 89.8% | 62.2% |
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 Ellis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #3,610 of 4,401 | #237 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,891 of 4,466 ▲ 58 | #283 of 339 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,818 of 4,466 ▼ 18 | #274 of 339 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #518 of 3,998 | #54 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #623 of 4,938 | #19 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,762 of 4,622 | #224 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #1,813 of 4,628 | #218 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #1,458 of 4,789 | #108 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #894 of 1,307 | #44 of 72 |
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
753
+85 (+13%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 753 | 49.1 | 15.3:1 | 86% (649) |
| 2023-24 | 791 | 49.5 | 16.0:1 | 87% (690) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 47.9 | 15.8:1 | 84% (634) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 83% (554) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 44.8 | 15.7:1 | 70% (496) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 54 | 17.0:1 | 83% (767) |
| 2010-11 | 941 | 50 | 18.8:1 | 76% (714) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 46 | 17.6:1 | 32% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 31 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (704 to 753); teachers up 10% (44.8 to 49.1).
About Ellis Elementary School
The public elementary school Ellis Elementary School is located in ARLINGTON, Texas. There are 753 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 45% bigger than the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
ARLINGTON ISD counts 53,394 students in its 75 schools, and Ellis Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Ellis Elementary School, about 58 are Black. It is also 32% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Tarrant County's residents are about 18% Black, 40 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The school's 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Income data for the school show 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Tarrant County.
On BeatsExpectations, Ellis Elementary School is 6.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
In Tarrant County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Ellis Elementary School among them.
Trinity Leadership, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ellis Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Ellis Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 668 to 753, a 13% rise.
The Ellis Elementary School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other Ellis Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Ellis Elementary. Ellis Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Ellis ElementarySunnyvale, CA · 768 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 467 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolRockford, IL · 457 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolSavannah, GA · 419 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolRoxbury, MA · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Trinity Leadership0.5 mi · 990
- Nichols Junior High School0.8 mi · 586
- Peach Elementary School1.3 mi · 936
- Viridian Elementary School1.7 mi · 845
- Larson Elementary School1.8 mi · 443
- Sherrod Elementary School2.1 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Ellis Elementary SchoolHow large is Ellis Elementary School?
Ellis Elementary School enrolls approximately 753 students in grades PK-06.
Is Ellis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ellis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Ellis Elementary School have?
Ellis Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ellis Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ellis Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 32% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ellis Elementary School in?
Ellis Elementary School is part of ARLINGTON ISD.
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