Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001872
Kirkpatrick Elementary School
3229 LINCOLN AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76106 · (817) 814-4600 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
279 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 14.0% | 33.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Kirkpatrick Elementary School
Kirkpatrick Elementary School's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkpatrick Elementary School this school | 296 | 94.3% | 20.4% |
| Wolffarth Elementary School LUBBOCK | 282 | 94.0% | 40.3% |
| Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School DALLAS | 292 | 94.5% | 29.9% |
| Hodges Elementary School LUBBOCK | 292 | 93.2% | 41.4% |
| Heather Glen Elementary School GARLAND | 283 | 91.5% | 34.4% |
| Mistral Center for Early Childhood HOUSTON | 329 | 92.4% | N/A |
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 Kirkpatrick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #4,268 of 4,401 | #315 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,912 of 4,466 ▲ 353 | #288 of 339 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,749 of 4,466 ▲ 607 | #268 of 339 ▲ 61 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,246 of 3,998 | #88 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #4,215 of 4,938 | #327 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,638 of 4,622 | #111 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #2,451 of 4,628 | #261 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #594 of 4,789 | #35 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #871 of 2,838 | #85 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
296
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 94% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 96% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 99% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 97% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 26.2 | 14.9:1 | 94% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 95% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 90% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 81% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirkpatrick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (389 to 296); teachers down 20% (26.2 to 21).
About Kirkpatrick Elementary School
Kirkpatrick Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, under FORT WORTH ISD. It reports enrollment of 296 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 43% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
Kirkpatrick Elementary School is run by FORT WORTH ISD, whose 136 schools enroll 70,612 students.
About 69% of the student body at Kirkpatrick Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 14% Black, 11% White, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Tarrant County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
A staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 94%. Across public schools in Tarrant County, the average is 63%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Kirkpatrick Elementary School would be expected to post about 33.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.4%.
In the wider Tarrant County area, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Tarrant County, 639 public schools serve about 385,835 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Kirkpatrick Elementary School from the closest public school, Kirkpatrick Middle School. The five-mile area around Kirkpatrick Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 26.9% on proficiency, and Kirkpatrick Elementary School is below that at 20.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 298 to 296.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
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Nearby schools
- Kirkpatrick Middle School0.1 mi · 485
- Washington Heights Elementary School0.4 mi · 268
- Dolores Huerta Elementary School0.6 mi · 443
- Sam Rosen Elementary School0.9 mi · 407
- Helbing Elementary School1.1 mi · 369
- W J Turner Elementary School1.3 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Kirkpatrick Elementary SchoolHow large is Kirkpatrick Elementary School?
Kirkpatrick Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kirkpatrick Elementary School serve?
Kirkpatrick Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Kirkpatrick Elementary School have?
Kirkpatrick Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Kirkpatrick Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kirkpatrick Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 69% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Kirkpatrick Elementary School in?
Kirkpatrick Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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