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JACK C BINION EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JACK C BINION EL
Located at 7400 GLENVIEW DR, in RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, JACK C BINION EL is a moderately sized elementary campus that educates 693 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by BIRDVILLE ISD. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
BIRDVILLE ISD runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 22,267 students. JACK C BINION EL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, JACK C BINION EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%; the rest is composed of 16% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, JACK C BINION EL records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, JACK C BINION EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 31.7%.
In the surrounding community, Tarrant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which JACK C BINION EL is one.
RICHLAND MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JACK C BINION EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JACK C BINION EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.7%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Five-year trend. JACK C BINION EL's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 800 (now 693). White enrollment moved from 28% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.
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