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HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL
Set in NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL is a mid-sized elementary campus, overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD. It works with 463 students across grades pre-K through 5.
BIRDVILLE ISD runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 22,267 students. HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 39.7%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: RICHLAND H S, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOLIDAY HEIGHTS EL has decreased 24%, going from 613 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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