Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRDVILLE ISD·NCES 481023021496
John D Spicer Elementary School
4300 ESTES PARK RD, HALTOM CITY, TX 76137 · (817) 547-3300 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- C+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
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
292 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 60 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 John D Spicer Elementary School
John D Spicer Elementary School's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John D Spicer Elementary School this school | 431 | 67.7% | 42.4% |
| Dunn Elementary School ARLINGTON | 507 | 70.2% | 34.5% |
| Friendship Elementary School KELLER | 464 | 65.1% | 50.6% |
| Timmerman Elementary School PFLUGERVILLE | 426 | 67.8% | 28.3% |
| Jess Harben Elementary School RICHARDSON | 394 | 65.0% | 49.1% |
| Alton Boyd Elementary School ALLEN | 393 | 59.3% | 37.1% |
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 John D Spicer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #2,282 of 4,401 | #131 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,197 of 4,466 ▲ 796 | #70 of 339 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,114 of 4,466 ▲ 564 | #141 of 339 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,532 of 3,998 | #184 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,212 of 4,938 | #247 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,097 of 4,622 | #160 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #142 of 4,628 | #28 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #2,679 of 4,789 | #198 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #631 of 2,838 | #61 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
431
+68 (+19%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 431 | 29.5 | 14.6:1 | 68% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 28.6 | 14.1:1 | 71% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 25.8 | 15.0:1 | 70% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 68% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 36.8 | 16.2:1 | 63% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 61% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 63% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 24% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John D Spicer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (595 to 431); teachers down 20% (36.8 to 29.5).
About John D Spicer Elementary School
John D Spicer Elementary School is a small elementary school found in HALTOM CITY, Texas. In all, 431 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
A total of 30 schools make up BIRDVILLE ISD, with 22,267 students enrolled.
Black students make up 34% of enrollment at John D Spicer Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 24% White, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 18% Black among all Tarrant County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 75%.
Its staff includes 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.6 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. John D Spicer Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 68%.
John D Spicer Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Texas public elementary schools.
John D Spicer Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.4% and a predicted 44.8%.
Census data for Tarrant County show median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
John D Spicer Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Haltom High School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, John D Spicer Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns John D Spicer Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 68 students, from 363 to 431. Students per teacher increased from 13.4 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 BIRDVILLE ISD
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Birdville High SchoolHigh · 2,069 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- Smithfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Other schools in HALTOM CITY
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Cheney Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- West Birdville Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- O H Stowe Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- David E Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
Nearby schools
- Haltom High School0.7 mi · 2,757
- Bluebonnet Elementary School0.9 mi · 546
- Parkview Elementary School1.1 mi · 618
- Watauga Elementary School1.4 mi · 700
- Newman International Academy Watauga1.6 mi · 306
- Park Glen Elementary School1.6 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About John D Spicer Elementary SchoolHow large is John D Spicer Elementary School?
John D Spicer Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does John D Spicer Elementary School serve?
John D Spicer Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at John D Spicer Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at John D Spicer Elementary School.
How diverse is John D Spicer Elementary School?
John D Spicer Elementary School reports a student body of 24% White, 26% Hispanic, 34% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees John D Spicer Elementary School?
John D Spicer Elementary School is overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD in Tarrant County.
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