FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL

As a compact elementary-level community in FORT WORTH, Texas, FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL teaches 255 students from grades 3 through 6, run under FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Within FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, which oversees 2 schools and 670 students, FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL records that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) records that median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL is one campus in the mix.

FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS EL has ticked up 16%, going from 219 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 58% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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