JACK TAYLOR EL

JACK TAYLOR EL is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in BURLESON, Texas, part of BURLESON ISD, serveing 536 students in grades pre-K through 5.

BURLESON ISD runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 12,759 students. JACK TAYLOR EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, JACK TAYLOR EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest reads as 19% White, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JACK TAYLOR EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JACK TAYLOR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

In the area at large, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), JACK TAYLOR EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JUDY HAJEK EL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JACK TAYLOR EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. JACK TAYLOR EL's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 516 (now 536). Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 74% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.