Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001860
Harlean Beal Elementary School
5615 FOREST HILL DR, FORT WORTH, TX 76119 · (817) 531-6460 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
317 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 75 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 18.0% | 15.0% | 52.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Harlean Beal Elementary School
Harlean Beal Elementary School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlean Beal Elementary School this school | 333 | 95.2% | 28.4% |
| Petersen Elementary School HOUSTON | 357 | 96.1% | 40.5% |
| T G Terry Elementary School DALLAS | 352 | 96.3% | 39.6% |
| H I Holland El at Lisbon DALLAS | 361 | 98.6% | 31.8% |
| The Varnett School - Northeast HOUSTON | 354 | 99.2% | 29.2% |
| Thomas Tolbert Elementary School DALLAS | 335 | 98.5% | 34.1% |
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 Harlean Beal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #3,802 of 4,401 | #261 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,650 of 4,466 ▲ 176 | #260 of 339 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #4,056 of 4,466 ▲ 70 | #298 of 339 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,201 of 3,998 | #164 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #3,994 of 4,938 | #315 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #4,199 of 4,622 | #327 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #2,670 of 4,628 | #274 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #479 of 4,789 | #23 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #717 of 2,838 | #68 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
333
+35 (+12%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 333 | 18.5 | 18.0:1 | 95% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 20.5 | 15.2:1 | 96% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 20.8 | 15.5:1 | 94% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 95% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 33.6 | 13.3:1 | 97% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 88% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 83% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 66% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harlean Beal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (448 to 333); teachers down 45% (33.6 to 18.5).
About Harlean Beal Elementary School
Harlean Beal Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas. School enrollment was 333 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Harlean Beal Elementary School reports to FORT WORTH ISD, which has 136 schools and 70,612 students.
At 68%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Harlean Beal Elementary School combined. The school is also 28% Black and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. Harlean Beal Elementary School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Harlean Beal Elementary School, 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.0:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 95% of enrollment. The 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 32 points lower.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harlean Beal Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 28.4% actual against 33.0% predicted.
Within Tarrant County, median household income is about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Tarrant County number 639 and enroll about 385,835.
Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School is located about 0.8 miles from Harlean Beal Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 28.4% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Harlean Beal Elementary School went from 298 students to 333. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.0:1 to 18.0:1.
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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
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- IDEA Southeast College Preparatory1.1 mi · 475
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Frequently asked questions
About Harlean Beal Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harlean Beal Elementary School?
Harlean Beal Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harlean Beal Elementary School serve?
Harlean Beal Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harlean Beal Elementary School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Harlean Beal Elementary School.
How diverse is Harlean Beal Elementary School?
Harlean Beal Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 68% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Harlean Beal Elementary School?
Harlean Beal Elementary School is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
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