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Enrollment
1,279
Combined
DISTRICT 1,147 · STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT HEARTS TEXAS·NCES 480144114131
Great Hearts Lakeside
7633 HARRIS PKWY, FORT WORTH, TX 76123 · (817) 409-9098 · Tarrant County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,279 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Texas public K-12 schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
327 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 116 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 160 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 92 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (101).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 32.0% | 17.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 71.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Great Hearts Lakeside
Great Hearts Lakeside's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hearts Lakeside this school | 1,279 | 25.6% | 54.3% |
| Founders Classical Academy - Conroe CONROE | 921 | 35.3% | 39.9% |
| Great Hearts Prairie View FORT WORTH | 919 | 28.2% | 41.8% |
| Great Hearts Invictus HELOTES | 918 | 21.5% | 54.5% |
| Valor Kyle KYLE | 907 | 32.7% | 39.8% |
| Aristoi Classical Academy-Cypress HOUSTON | 511 | 22.5% | 48.8% |
Matched among Texas K-12 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 Great Hearts Lakeside ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #41 of 211 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #69 of 218 ▼ 20 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #26 of 218 ▼ 7 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #55 of 134 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,279 | #8 of 280 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #140 of 141 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #11 of 144 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #208 of 226 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
1,279
+604 (+89%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 27.0:1
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 | 1,279 | 54.4 | 23.5:1 | 26% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 1,119 | 41.7 | 26.8:1 | 25% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 910 | 32.7 | 27.9:1 | 24% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 25 | 27.0:1 | 23% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Hearts Lakeside.
About Great Hearts Lakeside
Families in FORT WORTH, Texas, are served by Great Hearts Lakeside, a high-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. It teaches 1,279 students in kindergarten through 9. That is 164% larger than the average of about 485 students for combined schools in Texas.
GREAT HEARTS TEXAS has 13 schools and 12,926 students, and Great Hearts Lakeside is one of those schools.
White students are 51% of those enrolled at Great Hearts Lakeside. The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Tarrant County, where about 48% of residents are White. The diversity index for Great Hearts Lakeside is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 54.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Great Hearts Lakeside has a ratio of 23.5:1. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Texas is 11.7:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 26% at Great Hearts Lakeside. Among public schools in Tarrant County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Among Texas public K-12 schools, Great Hearts Lakeside outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In Texas, Great Hearts Lakeside is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 54.3% actual against a predicted 62.8%.
Census data for Tarrant County show the median household earns about $84,207 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Great Hearts Lakeside, Tarrant County has 639 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Great Hearts Lakeside is closest to Sue Crouch Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Great Hearts Lakeside ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
Great Hearts Lakeside is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe. Great Hearts Lakeside operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 675 to 1,279. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 27.0:1 in 2020-21 to 23.5:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Great Hearts Lakeside. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 GREAT HEARTS TEXAS
- Great Hearts Northern OaksCombined · 1,430 students
- Great Hearts Forest HeightsCombined · 1,335 students
- Great Hearts Western HillsCombined · 1,326 students
- Great Hearts Live OakCombined · 1,153 students
- Great Hearts ArlingtonCombined · 998 students
- Great Hearts Online - TXCombined · 968 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Sue Crouch Elementary School0.9 mi · 479
- Hazel Harvey Peace Elementary School1.1 mi · 448
- Oakmont Elementary School1.2 mi · 562
- Chapel Hill Academy1.5 mi · 535
- June W Davis Elementary School1.8 mi · 618
- Harmony School of Innovation - Fort Worth1.8 mi · 947
Frequently asked questions
About Great Hearts LakesideHow large is Great Hearts Lakeside?
Great Hearts Lakeside enrolls approximately 1,279 students in grades KG-09.
What age range does Great Hearts Lakeside serve?
Great Hearts Lakeside serves students from grade KG through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at Great Hearts Lakeside?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Great Hearts Lakeside.
How diverse is Great Hearts Lakeside?
Great Hearts Lakeside reports a student body of 51% White, 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Great Hearts Lakeside public or private?
Great Hearts Lakeside is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by GREAT HEARTS TEXAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.