Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870008025
Hale Elementary School
2400 E MAYFIELD RD, ARLINGTON, TX 76014 · (682) 867-1530 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
270 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 17.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Hale Elementary School
Hale Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Elementary School this school | 294 | 91.8% | 32.3% |
| Edward Briscoe Elementary School FORT WORTH | 288 | 93.1% | 14.1% |
| Atwood McDonald Elementary School FORT WORTH | 261 | 95.0% | 30.5% |
| Shadowbriar Elementary School HOUSTON | 334 | 86.2% | 51.1% |
| Emeline Carpenter Elementary School NACOGDOCHES | 359 | 92.2% | 16.6% |
| Ignite Community School - Mainland LA MARQUE | 327 | 86.5% | 31.7% |
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 Hale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #3,452 of 4,401 | #223 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,893 of 4,466 ▼ 353 | #285 of 339 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,532 of 4,466 ▼ 256 | #245 of 339 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #739 of 3,998 | #72 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #4,230 of 4,938 | #328 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #70 of 4,622 | #5 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #1,936 of 4,628 | #230 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #862 of 4,789 | #69 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.1% | #66 of 2,838 | #4 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
294
-131 (-31%) vs 2020
-57% since 2000-01, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 294 | 27.9 | 10.5:1 | 92% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 25.4 | 13.1:1 | 91% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 24.6 | 15.3:1 | 88% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 92% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 34.6 | 16.4:1 | 89% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 89% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 82% (544) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 41% (283) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (567 to 294); teachers down 19% (34.6 to 27.9).
About Hale Elementary School
Hale Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in ARLINGTON, Texas. It reports enrollment of 294 students in pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
The district, ARLINGTON ISD, has 53,394 students enrolled across 75 schools.
Of every 100 students at Hale Elementary School, about 63 are Black. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Tarrant County, the Black share is about 18%. The diversity index for Hale Elementary School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 10.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hale Elementary School, which has 27.9. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 92%. For comparison, public schools in Tarrant County average 63%.
Hale Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.3%) and its predicted rate (34.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Tarrant County show that the median household earns about $84,207 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Tarrant County, 639 public schools serve about 385,835 students.
Hale Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Winfree Academy Charter School - Grand Prairie, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Hale Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 34.3% on proficiency, and Hale Elementary School is below that at 32.3%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 31% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.5:1, from 14.7:1.
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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 ARLINGTON ISD
- 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
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 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
Other Hale Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Hale Elementary. Hale Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Hale Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 791 students
- Hale Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 477 students
- Hale ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 326 students
- Hale Elementary SchoolRoxbury, MA · 162 students
- HALE ELEMENTARYHALE, MO · 30 students
Nearby schools
- Winfree Academy Charter School - Grand Prairie0.5 mi · 198
- Atherton Elementary School0.6 mi · 474
- Farrell Elementary School0.9 mi · 591
- Sam Houston High School1.0 mi · 3,208
- Adams Elementary School1.3 mi · 743
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary School1.5 mi · 936
Frequently asked questions
About Hale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hale Elementary School?
Hale Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Hale Elementary School serve?
Hale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hale Elementary School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Hale Elementary School.
How diverse is Hale Elementary School?
Hale Elementary School reports a student body of 8% White, 22% Hispanic, 63% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hale Elementary School?
Hale Elementary School is overseen by ARLINGTON ISD in Tarrant County.
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