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Enrollment
663
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)·NCES 480144013020
Iltexas Arlington Elementary School
4950 S BOWEN RD, ARLINGTON, TX 76017 · (817) 419-9281 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
556 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp 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 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 38.0% |
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% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Iltexas Arlington Elementary School
Iltexas Arlington Elementary School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iltexas Arlington Elementary School this school | 663 | 83.9% | 29.9% |
| Lee Elementary School IRVING | 717 | 83.4% | 23.3% |
| Pearl M Hirsch Elementary School SPRING | 630 | 81.1% | 31.9% |
| Cannaday Elementary School MESQUITE | 616 | 81.2% | 33.0% |
| Sheldon Lake Elementary School HOUSTON | 622 | 84.6% | 32.3% |
| Mildred Jenkins Elementary School SPRING | 603 | 83.9% | 35.0% |
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 Iltexas Arlington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,671 of 4,401 | #246 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,805 of 4,466 ▲ 520 | #185 of 339 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,966 of 4,466 ▲ 12 | #206 of 339 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #415 of 3,998 | #26 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #1,162 of 4,938 | #55 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,099 of 4,622 | #256 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #1,692 of 4,628 | #212 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #1,653 of 4,789 | #119 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,267 of 2,838 | #123 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
663
-147 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 663 | 42.1 | 15.8:1 | 84% (556) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 50.2 | 13.3:1 | 80% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 51.6 | 14.6:1 | 80% (602) |
| 2020-21 | 810 | 50 | 16.2:1 | 72% (586) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 57.8 | 14.1:1 | 67% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 912 | 56 | 16.3:1 | 61% (557) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iltexas Arlington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (817 to 663); teachers down 27% (57.8 to 42.1).
About Iltexas Arlington Elementary School
Located in ARLINGTON, Texas, Iltexas Arlington Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 663 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
The 44 schools of INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS), including Iltexas Arlington Elementary School, enroll 25,497 students.
At Iltexas Arlington Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 58% of the student body. After that, the student body is 30% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Tarrant County is about 30% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Iltexas Arlington Elementary School is 84%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 21 points.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Iltexas Arlington Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Iltexas Arlington Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.9% and a predicted 37.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tarrant County show that the median household income is $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Iltexas Arlington Elementary School, Tarrant County has 638 other public schools.
Nearby, Iltexas Arlington Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Iltexas Arlington Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.8%; Iltexas Arlington Elementary School's is 29.9%, ranking 8th of 9.
The NCES locale for Iltexas Arlington Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Iltexas Arlington Elementary School's enrollment declined from 810 in 2020-21 to 663 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Iltexas Arlington Middle School0.0 mi · 370
- Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School0.4 mi · 509
- Wood Elementary School0.6 mi · 732
- Charlotte Anderson Preparatory Academy1.2 mi · 373
- Key Elementary School1.2 mi · 391
- Moore Elementary School1.3 mi · 839
Frequently asked questions
About Iltexas Arlington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Iltexas Arlington Elementary School?
Iltexas Arlington Elementary School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Iltexas Arlington Elementary School serve?
Iltexas Arlington Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Iltexas Arlington Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Iltexas Arlington Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Iltexas Arlington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Iltexas Arlington Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 58% Hispanic, 30% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Iltexas Arlington Elementary School public or private?
Iltexas Arlington Elementary School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.