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LAKE WORTH H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LAKE WORTH H S
LAKE WORTH H S is one of the middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campuss in LAKE WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within LAKE WORTH ISD, with 953 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
LAKE WORTH H S is one of 6 schools operated by LAKE WORTH ISD, a district that works with 3,249 students overall.
On demographics, LAKE WORTH H S shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Black, 15% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, LAKE WORTH H S shows 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKE WORTH H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 31.9%, a residual of -4.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Tarrant County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LAKE WORTH H S is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: MARINE CREEK LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE WORTH H S at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.3%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE WORTH H S has increased 10%, going from 868 students in 2018 to 953 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 17% to 24%.
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