HALE EL

Set in ARLINGTON, Texas, HALE EL is a modestly sized elementary campus, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD. It educates 294 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD (53,394 students total), HALE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, HALE EL shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HALE EL records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at HALE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HALE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), HALE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - GRAND PRAIRIE, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HALE EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

HALE EL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 48%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the HALE EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.