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Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001915
J T Stevens Elementary School
6161 WRIGLEY WAY, FORT WORTH, TX 76133 · (817) 814-8500 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
255 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 45 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 12.0% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 8.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 J T Stevens Elementary School
J T Stevens Elementary School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J T Stevens Elementary School this school | 361 | 70.6% | 30.1% |
| Glenda Arnold Early Childhood Learning Center ROYSE CITY | 393 | 65.1% | N/A |
| George Washington Carver Early Childhood Academy AMARILLO | 325 | 72.6% | N/A |
| George Washington Carver El Academy AMARILLO | 321 | 76.3% | 38.3% |
| Thomas Elementary School ABILENE | 378 | 74.6% | 37.3% |
| Beasley Elementary School MESQUITE | 319 | 67.4% | 39.6% |
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 J T Stevens Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,654 of 4,401 | #243 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,734 of 4,466 ▲ 316 | #178 of 339 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,042 of 4,466 ▲ 1,150 | #137 of 339 ▲ 80 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.5pp | #70 of 3,998 | #4 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #3,796 of 4,938 | #298 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,073 of 4,622 | #157 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #680 of 4,628 | #106 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #2,525 of 4,789 | #184 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #762 of 2,838 | #74 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
361
-77 (-18%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 361 | 24.8 | 14.6:1 | 71% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 68% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 31.6 | 14.1:1 | 71% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 65% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 32.9 | 14.7:1 | 71% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 74% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 66% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 24% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 801 | 45 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J T Stevens Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (482 to 361); teachers down 25% (32.9 to 24.8).
About J T Stevens Elementary School
J T Stevens Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in FORT WORTH, Texas. It educates 361 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools with a combined 70,612 students. J T Stevens Elementary School is one of them.
J T Stevens Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 42%. The school is also 30% Black, 21% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at J T Stevens Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Dividing enrollment by its 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligible students account for 71% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
J T Stevens Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at J T Stevens Elementary School are 13.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (30.1% actual, 43.5% predicted).
Within Tarrant County, median household income is about $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 639 public schools in Tarrant County, with a combined enrollment of about 385,835.
The shortest distance from J T Stevens Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Southwest High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. J T Stevens Elementary School places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
J T Stevens Elementary School saw enrollment fall 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 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
- Southwest High School0.7 mi · 1,155
- Wedgwood Middle School0.9 mi · 701
- Bruce Shulkey Elementary School0.9 mi · 400
- Oakmont Elementary School1.0 mi · 562
- Woodway Elementary School1.1 mi · 520
- Chapel Hill Academy1.4 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About J T Stevens Elementary SchoolHow many students attend J T Stevens Elementary School?
J T Stevens Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J T Stevens Elementary School serve?
J T Stevens Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J T Stevens Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J T Stevens Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at J T Stevens Elementary School?
Student demographics at J T Stevens Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 42% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is J T Stevens Elementary School in?
J T Stevens Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.