KOOKEN ED CTR

Set in ARLINGTON, Texas, KOOKEN ED CTR is an intimate primary school, run under ARLINGTON ISD. It works with 233 students across grade pre-K. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so KOOKEN ED CTR sits 55% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD (53,394 students total), KOOKEN ED CTR accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, KOOKEN ED CTR reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

Zooming out to the county, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), KOOKEN ED CTR is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COMMUNITY BASED PK, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KOOKEN ED CTR.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KOOKEN ED CTR has edged down 34%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 233 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 19% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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