Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 643 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD·NCES 484554012161
Fine Arts Academy
8301 DOWNE DR, FORT WORTH, TX 76108 · (817) 367-5396 · Tarrant County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
100 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 15% |
This year's 1st grade class (47) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
59%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Fine Arts Academy
Fine Arts Academy's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Arts Academy this school | 274 | 36.5% | 60.6% |
| Academy Elementary School LITTLE RIVER | 258 | 39.1% | N/A |
| Seele Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 295 | 40.0% | 60.6% |
| County Line Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 342 | 35.1% | 42.9% |
| Maypearl Primary School MAYPEARL | 229 | 34.1% | N/A |
| Blanche Dodd Elementary School KRUM | 335 | 32.8% | 54.7% |
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 Fine Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #736 of 4,401 | #46 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,816 of 4,466 ▼ 858 | #109 of 339 ▼ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,577 of 4,466 ▼ 1,056 | #101 of 339 ▼ 73 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,793 of 3,998 | #213 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #4,338 of 4,938 | #334 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,394 of 4,622 | #91 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #1,503 of 4,628 | #190 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #4,056 of 4,789 | #291 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #2,093 of 2,838 | #186 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
274
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 274 | 19.8 | 13.8:1 | 36% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 20.5 | 15.5:1 | 44% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 20.7 | 15.0:1 | 42% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 36% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 20.3 | 14.9:1 | 39% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 38% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 39% (132) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fine Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (302 to 274); teachers down 2% (20.3 to 19.8).
About Fine Arts Academy
Fine Arts Academy is a low-enrollment elementary school in WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD, located in FORT WORTH, Texas. The school teaches grades 1 through 6 and enrolls 274 students. That is 47% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD has 7,899 students in 10 schools, and Fine Arts Academy is one of those schools.
About 54% of the student body at Fine Arts Academy is White. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
The school's 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Fine Arts Academy, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Tarrant County report 63%.
Fine Arts Academy holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.1% at Fine Arts Academy; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.6%.
In Tarrant County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Fine Arts Academy among them.
Trinity Basin Preparatory - West is about 0.4 miles from Fine Arts Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Fine Arts Academy places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 294 (2020-21) to 274 (2024-25). Students per teacher increased from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
The Fine Arts Academy discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD
- Brewer High SchoolHigh · 2,113 students
- Brewer Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,500 students
- Tannahill Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Early Learners AcademyElementary · 753 students
- Blue Haze Elementary SchoolElementary · 735 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
Other Fine Arts Academy schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Fine Arts Academy. Fine Arts Academy is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Fine Arts AcademyTOLLESON, AZ · 811 students
- Fine Arts AcademyAtascadero, CA · 238 students
Nearby schools
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - West0.4 mi · 441
- Brewer Middle School0.7 mi · 1,500
- Western Hills Elementary School0.7 mi · 499
- Western Hills Primary School0.7 mi · 393
- Liberty Elementary School0.8 mi · 654
- West Early Learners Academy1.0 mi · 753
Frequently asked questions
About Fine Arts AcademyHow many students attend Fine Arts Academy?
Fine Arts Academy enrolls approximately 274 students in grades 01-06.
Is Fine Arts Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fine Arts Academy is an elementary school covering grades 01-06.
How many students per teacher at Fine Arts Academy?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Fine Arts Academy.
How diverse is Fine Arts Academy?
Fine Arts Academy reports a student body of 54% White, 33% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Fine Arts Academy?
Fine Arts Academy is overseen by WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.