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GLENN HARMON EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GLENN HARMON EL
GLENN HARMON EL is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in ARLINGTON, Texas, overseen by MANSFIELD ISD, with 401 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so GLENN HARMON EL sits 23% below that benchmark.
Within MANSFIELD ISD, which oversees 47 schools and 35,354 students, GLENN HARMON EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, GLENN HARMON EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GLENN HARMON EL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GLENN HARMON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.2%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GLENN HARMON EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
CHARLOTTE ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GLENN HARMON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GLENN HARMON EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.6%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GLENN HARMON EL has ticked down 36%, going from 629 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 5% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.
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