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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANSFIELD ISD·NCES 482892006582
Glenn Harmon Elementary School
5700 PETRA DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76017 · (817) 299-7780 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
334 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (92).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 25.0% | 13.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Glenn Harmon Elementary School
Glenn Harmon Elementary School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Harmon Elementary School this school | 401 | 83.3% | 28.5% |
| Trinity Basin Preparatory - Arlington ARLINGTON | 362 | 76.8% | 33.1% |
| Nita Pearson Elementary School ROWLETT | 455 | 75.2% | 34.2% |
| Marine Creek Leadership Academy FORT WORTH | 347 | 91.4% | 18.3% |
| Kenneth Davis Elementary School ARLINGTON | 335 | 73.4% | 47.0% |
| Ashworth Elementary School ARLINGTON | 464 | 77.4% | 46.0% |
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 Glenn Harmon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #3,793 of 4,401 | #258 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,160 of 4,466 ▲ 3,028 | #66 of 339 ▲ 248 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,537 of 4,466 ▲ 1,744 | #173 of 339 ▲ 145 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.5pp | #305 of 3,998 | #16 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #3,473 of 4,938 | #269 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #269 of 4,622 | #16 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #568 of 4,628 | #96 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #1,707 of 4,789 | #130 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #271 of 2,838 | #18 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
401
-43 (-10%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 401 | 34.2 | 11.7:1 | 83% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 35.2 | 11.8:1 | 86% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 37.2 | 11.6:1 | 87% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 39 | 11.4:1 | 70% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 39.3 | 16.0:1 | 85% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 81% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 75% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 995 | 61 | 16.3:1 | 23% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 696 | 32 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenn Harmon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (629 to 401); teachers down 13% (39.3 to 34.2).
About Glenn Harmon Elementary School
Glenn Harmon Elementary School is an elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas, and it is part of MANSFIELD ISD. Total enrollment is 401 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4. That is 23% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Glenn Harmon Elementary School belongs to MANSFIELD ISD, a district of 47 schools and 35,354 students.
At Glenn Harmon Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 46%. Smaller groups are 21% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 18% of Tarrant County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
The school's 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Glenn Harmon Elementary School, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Tarrant County report 63%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Glenn Harmon Elementary School, the prediction is 38.1% and the result is 28.5%.
In Tarrant County, home to about 2,167,390 people, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Tarrant County number 639, with about 385,835 students.
Charlotte Anderson Preparatory Academy sits about 1.0 miles from Glenn Harmon Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 28.5% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Glenn Harmon Elementary School as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 10%.
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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 MANSFIELD ISD
- Mansfield Lake Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,751 students
- Mansfield Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,568 students
- Mansfield High SchoolHigh · 2,552 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Mansfield Summit High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Charlene McKinzey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,043 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Charlotte Anderson Preparatory Academy1.0 mi · 373
- Bebensee Elementary School1.1 mi · 765
- Great Hearts Arlington1.2 mi · 998
- Venture Alter High School1.2 mi · 778
- Kenneth Davis Elementary School1.3 mi · 335
- Williams Elementary School1.4 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Glenn Harmon Elementary SchoolHow large is Glenn Harmon Elementary School?
Glenn Harmon Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Glenn Harmon Elementary School serve?
Glenn Harmon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Glenn Harmon Elementary School have?
Glenn Harmon Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Glenn Harmon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Glenn Harmon Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 19% Hispanic, 46% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Glenn Harmon Elementary School in?
Glenn Harmon Elementary School is part of MANSFIELD ISD.
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