GEORGE CLARKE EL

GEORGE CLARKE EL is a primary school of tight-knit scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within FORT WORTH ISD, hosting 388 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

FORT WORTH ISD comprises 136 schools with combined enrollment of 70,612 students; GEORGE CLARKE EL is among them.

Demographically, GEORGE CLARKE EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%); the rest breaks down as 3% White, 2% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GEORGE CLARKE EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GEORGE CLARKE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at GEORGE CLARKE 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GEORGE CLARKE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. GEORGE CLARKE EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

RICHARD J WILSON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GEORGE CLARKE EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GEORGE CLARKE EL has fell 18%, going from 476 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 86% to 92% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.