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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HIGH COUNTRY EL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD·NCES 481770009059
High Country Elementary School
1301 HIGH COUNTRY TRL, FORT WORTH, TX 76131 · (817) 306-8007 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
273 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 24 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 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 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 17.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 46.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High Country Elementary School
High Country Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Country Elementary School this school | 511 | 53.4% | 33.0% |
| Haude Elementary School KLEIN | 532 | 51.3% | 57.8% |
| Bryson Elementary School FORT WORTH | 577 | 55.5% | 40.5% |
| Hailey Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 592 | 56.9% | 65.9% |
| C J Harris Elementary School PEARLAND | 549 | 49.2% | 53.9% |
| Anita Scott Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 548 | 52.9% | 45.3% |
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 High Country Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,377 of 4,401 | #218 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,281 of 4,466 ▼ 721 | #322 of 339 ▼ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,003 of 4,466 ▼ 184 | #210 of 339 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.5pp | #230 of 3,998 | #21 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,411 of 4,938 | #160 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,997 of 4,622 | #153 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #352 of 4,628 | #61 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #3,435 of 4,789 | #246 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #2,539 of 2,838 | #219 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
511
-47 (-8%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 511 | 35.2 | 14.5:1 | 53% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 38.7 | 13.8:1 | 53% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 38.2 | 15.0:1 | 52% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 41% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 36.2 | 14.7:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 38% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 29% (195) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for High Country Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (532 to 511); teachers down 3% (36.2 to 35.2).
About High Country Elementary School
FORT WORTH, Texas, is home to High Country Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 511 students across pre-K through 5.
A total of 32 schools make up EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD, with 23,982 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at High Country Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 38%. The remaining students are 29% White, 22% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. High Country Elementary School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
High Country Elementary School operates with 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.5:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. About 53% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 10 points below the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, High Country Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations places High Country Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 17.9 points below it (33.0% actual, 50.9% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tarrant County show that the median household income is $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. High Country Elementary School is one of 639 public schools in the county.
Highland Middle School is the public school closest to High Country Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: High Country Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 33.0% versus a 42.1% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
High Country Elementary School's enrollment declined from 558 in 2020-21 to 511 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for High Country Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Saginaw High SchoolHigh · 2,013 students
- Wayside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Creekview Middle SchoolMiddle · 962 students
- Prairie VistaMiddle · 958 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
- Highland Middle School0.1 mi · 700
- Chisholm Ridge0.6 mi · 623
- Saginaw High School1.0 mi · 2,013
- Prairie Vista1.0 mi · 958
- Comanche Springs Elementary School1.1 mi · 628
- Sunset Valley Elementary School1.1 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About High Country Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at High Country Elementary School?
High Country Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does High Country Elementary School serve?
High Country Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does High Country Elementary School have?
High Country Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at High Country Elementary School?
Student demographics at High Country Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 38% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is High Country Elementary School public or private?
High Country Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.