Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001868
HELBING EL
3524 N CRUMP ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76106 · (817) 815-0500 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
338 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
30.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
369
-98 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.0:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
96%
was 98%
% Black
2%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HELBING EL
HELBING EL is a tight-knit elementary-level community in FORT WORTH, Texas, part of FORT WORTH ISD. The school hosts 369 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 519.
HELBING EL is one of 136 schools operated by FORT WORTH ISD, a district that caters to 70,612 students overall.
Demographically, HELBING EL lists that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HELBING EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 22.9%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. HELBING EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
The closest other public school is DIAMOND HILL-JARVIS H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HELBING EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. HELBING EL's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 467 (now 369). Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 FORT WORTH ISD
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
- TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H SHigh · 1,924 students
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H SHigh · 1,898 students
- SOUTH HILLS H SHigh · 1,846 students
- NORTH SIDE H SHigh · 1,676 students
- O D WYATT H SHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- DIAMOND HILL-JARVIS H S0.3 mi · 877
- MEACHAM MIDDLE0.5 mi · 680
- MOORE M H EL0.6 mi · 453
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL0.8 mi · 268
- DIAMOND HILL EL1.0 mi · 482
- CESAR CHAVEZ PRI1.1 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About HELBING ELHow large is HELBING EL?
HELBING EL enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-05.
Is HELBING EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HELBING EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HELBING EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HELBING EL is approximately 14.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HELBING EL?
Student demographics at HELBING EL are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Is HELBING EL public or private?
HELBING EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.