FITZGERALD EL

Set in ARLINGTON, Texas, FITZGERALD EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD. It enrolls 451 students across grades pre-K through 6.

ARLINGTON ISD comprises 75 schools with combined enrollment of 53,394 students; FITZGERALD EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FITZGERALD EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 9% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FITZGERALD EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FITZGERALD EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at FITZGERALD EL qualify 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FITZGERALD EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 40.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Tarrant County shows median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. FITZGERALD EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

The closest other public school is BOWIE H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FITZGERALD EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 451 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 52% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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