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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the KEY EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000252
Key Elementary School
3621 ROOSEVELT DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76016 · (682) 867-5500 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
320 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 42 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
67%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 15.0% | 26.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Key Elementary School
Key Elementary School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Elementary School this school | 391 | 81.8% | 28.4% |
| Lowery Road FORT WORTH | 414 | 81.2% | 40.1% |
| Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy WACO | 396 | 78.3% | 22.8% |
| Bramlette Steam Academy LONGVIEW | 421 | 87.9% | 42.2% |
| Starrett Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 479 | 77.9% | 27.4% |
| J A Hargrave Elementary School FORT WORTH | 442 | 83.5% | 31.6% |
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 Key Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #3,798 of 4,401 | #260 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,141 of 4,466 ▼ 258 | #309 of 339 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,973 of 4,466 ▼ 698 | #288 of 339 ▼ 67 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.0pp | #209 of 3,998 | #18 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #3,554 of 4,938 | #280 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #392 of 4,622 | #24 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #835 of 4,628 | #126 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #1,805 of 4,789 | #135 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #1,250 of 2,838 | #119 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
391
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 391 | 32.2 | 12.1:1 | 82% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 31.7 | 12.7:1 | 82% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 29.1 | 13.8:1 | 80% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 75% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 30.6 | 15.8:1 | 57% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 56% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 42% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 18% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 39 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Key Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (483 to 391); teachers up 5% (30.6 to 32.2).
About Key Elementary School
Located in ARLINGTON, Texas, Key Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 391 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
ARLINGTON ISD includes 75 schools. Together they enroll 53,394 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Key Elementary School is Black, with 42% of students. Next come 37% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 18% Black. The diversity index for Key Elementary School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Key Elementary School totals 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Federal data show 82% of students (320) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Tarrant County.
Key Elementary School is 10.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.4% versus 38.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
For Tarrant County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $84,207 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Key Elementary School, Tarrant County has 639 public schools.
Key Elementary School's nearest public school is Short Elementary School (about 1.0 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Key Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 420 students in 2020-21 to 391 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.0:1 to 12.1:1.
This page is set up for the Key Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other Key Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Key Elementary. Key Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Key Elementary SchoolOAK PARK, MI · 516 students
- Key Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 337 students
- Key Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 309 students
- Key Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 263 students
- Key Elementary SchoolJackson, MS · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Short Elementary School1.0 mi · 406
- Iltexas Arlington Middle School1.2 mi · 370
- Iltexas Arlington Elementary School1.2 mi · 663
- Gunn Junior High School1.3 mi · 879
- Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas Campus1.4 mi · 473
- Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate1.4 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Key Elementary SchoolHow large is Key Elementary School?
Key Elementary School enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Key Elementary School serve?
Key Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Key Elementary School have?
Key Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Key Elementary School?
Student demographics at Key Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 37% Hispanic, 42% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Key Elementary School?
Key Elementary School is overseen by ARLINGTON ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.