GRACE E HARDEMAN EL

As an average-sized elementary school in WATAUGA, Texas, GRACE E HARDEMAN EL works with 600 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under BIRDVILLE ISD.

BIRDVILLE ISD comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 22,267 students; GRACE E HARDEMAN EL is among them.

Demographically, GRACE E HARDEMAN EL logs that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GRACE E HARDEMAN EL records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, GRACE E HARDEMAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 55.2%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), GRACE E HARDEMAN EL is one campus in the mix.

WATAUGA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRACE E HARDEMAN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRACE E HARDEMAN EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

GRACE E HARDEMAN EL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. GRACE E HARDEMAN EL's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 600). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 41% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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