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Enrollment
1,126
Middle
DISTRICT 917 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KELLER ISD·NCES 482526008917
Hillwood Middle School
8250 PARKWOOD HILL BLVD, FORT WORTH, TX 76137 · (817) 744-3350 · Tarrant County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,126 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
419 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 528 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 598 | 53% |
Student demographics
73%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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 33.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 30.0% | 17.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Hillwood Middle School
Hillwood Middle School's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillwood Middle School this school | 1,126 | 37.2% | 57.3% |
| Parkwood Hill Intermediate School FORT WORTH | 1,022 | 38.0% | 56.3% |
| Hofius Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,313 | 35.8% | 63.7% |
| Trinity Springs Middle School KELLER | 931 | 33.2% | 53.2% |
| Trinity Meadows Intermediate School KELLER | 813 | 38.4% | 51.9% |
| Hopewell Middle School ROUND ROCK | 1,202 | 33.7% | 51.2% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Hillwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #298 of 1,635 | #21 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #441 of 1,670 ▼ 116 | #31 of 112 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #410 of 1,670 ▼ 125 | #25 of 112 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #854 of 1,570 | #46 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,126 | #169 of 1,749 | #5 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,236 of 1,542 | #88 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #69 of 1,543 | #12 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #1,368 of 1,648 | #90 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #842 of 942 | #67 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,126
-175 (-13%) vs 2020
+111% since 2000-01, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,126 | 67.9 | 16.6:1 | 37% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 1,216 | 82.7 | 14.7:1 | 39% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 1,228 | 89.5 | 13.7:1 | 40% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 1,301 | 89 | 14.6:1 | 29% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 1,165 | 74.3 | 15.7:1 | 29% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 1,090 | 65 | 16.8:1 | 25% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 1,180 | 65 | 18.1:1 | 19% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 7% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,165 to 1,126); teachers down 9% (74.3 to 67.9).
About Hillwood Middle School
Families in FORT WORTH, Texas, are served by Hillwood Middle School, a large middle-grades school. It reports enrollment of 1,126 students in grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in Texas enroll around 643, and this school is 75% larger than that mark.
Federal data list 42 schools in KELLER ISD, with 32,042 students enrolled.
At Hillwood Middle School, White students make up the biggest share, 40%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, and 10% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County residents are about 48% White. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Hillwood Middle School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 67.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 2.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 37%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 26 points.
Hillwood Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Texas public middle schools.
In Texas, Hillwood Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 57.3% actual against a predicted 57.8%.
Tarrant County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Hillwood Middle School among them.
Parkwood Hill Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Hillwood Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hillwood Middle School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Hillwood Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 13% across 4 years, from 1,301 in 2020-21 to 1,126 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.6:1 to 16.6:1.
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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
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- Indian Springs Middle School0.8 mi · 891
- Park Glen Elementary School0.9 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About Hillwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hillwood Middle School?
Hillwood Middle School enrolls approximately 1,126 students in grades 07-08.
Is Hillwood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillwood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Hillwood Middle School have?
Hillwood Middle School employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Hillwood Middle School?
Student demographics at Hillwood Middle School are roughly 40% White, 28% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Hillwood Middle School in?
Hillwood Middle School is part of KELLER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.