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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLESON ISD·NCES 481218006227
Jack Taylor Elementary School
400 N E ALSBURY BLVD, BURLESON, TX 76028 · (817) 245-3200 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
395 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Jack Taylor Elementary School
Jack Taylor Elementary School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor Elementary School this school | 536 | 73.7% | 34.3% |
| Marcy Elementary School BIG SPRING | 513 | 72.1% | N/A |
| Levelland Academic Beginnings Center LEVELLAND | 518 | 73.4% | N/A |
| Harmony Science Academy - Odessa ODESSA | 541 | 73.4% | 48.7% |
| Gonzales North Avenue GONZALES | 565 | 72.6% | 42.0% |
| McGill Elementary School SAN ANGELO | 506 | 74.7% | 27.4% |
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 Jack Taylor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #3,236 of 4,401 | #208 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,482 of 4,466 ▲ 752 | #160 of 339 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,835 of 4,466 ▼ 297 | #195 of 339 ▼ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,009 of 3,998 | #92 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #2,163 of 4,938 | #136 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,755 of 4,622 | #128 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #2,988 of 4,628 | #290 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #2,343 of 4,789 | #175 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #1,054 of 1,307 | #57 of 72 |
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
536
+70 (+15%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 536 | 37.6 | 14.3:1 | 74% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 38.2 | 13.8:1 | 74% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 38.3 | 14.2:1 | 71% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 37 | 12.6:1 | 60% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 35.3 | 14.6:1 | 64% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 68% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 61% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 19% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 32 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jack Taylor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (516 to 536); teachers up 7% (35.3 to 37.6).
About Jack Taylor Elementary School
The public elementary school Jack Taylor Elementary School is located in BURLESON, Texas. The school's enrollment of 536 students covers pre-K through 5.
Jack Taylor Elementary School is one of 18 schools in BURLESON ISD, which enrolls 12,759 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 74% of enrollment at Jack Taylor Elementary School. Other students are 19% White, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Tarrant County residents. Jack Taylor Elementary School has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Jack Taylor Elementary School operates with 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 74% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Tarrant County averages 63%, lower than here.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 42.2% at Jack Taylor Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.3%.
Tarrant County has about 2,167,390 residents, and median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Tarrant County number 639 and enroll about 385,835.
Nearby, Judy Hajek Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.7%; Jack Taylor Elementary School's is 34.3%, ranking 9th of 9.
The federal government classifies Jack Taylor Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 536 was 15% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 466. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.3:1, from 12.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Jack Taylor Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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
Related schools
Other schools in BURLESON ISD
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- Ann Brock El at Oak GroveElementary · 683 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Other schools in BURLESON
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Judy Hajek Elementary School0.6 mi · 628
- Mound Elementary School1.0 mi · 397
- Hughes Middle School1.0 mi · 965
- Deer Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 647
- Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD1.4 mi · 323
- Academy at Nola Dunn1.5 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About Jack Taylor Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jack Taylor Elementary School?
Jack Taylor Elementary School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jack Taylor Elementary School serve?
Jack Taylor Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jack Taylor Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Jack Taylor Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jack Taylor Elementary School?
At Jack Taylor Elementary School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 74% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Jack Taylor Elementary School public or private?
Jack Taylor Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BURLESON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.