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Enrollment
783
Elementary
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ISD·NCES 483318013668
Lizzie Curtis Elementary School
9640 BELLE PRAIRIE TRAIL, FORT WORTH, TX 76131 · (817) 541-8901 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL783 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.7:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
297 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 77 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 25.0% | 24.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Lizzie Curtis Elementary School
Lizzie Curtis Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lizzie Curtis Elementary School this school | 783 | 37.9% | 43.9% |
| Don Carter Elementary School RICHMOND | 758 | 38.0% | 69.2% |
| Bush Elementary School HOUSTON | 703 | 29.2% | 71.7% |
| H F McNeill Elementary School RICHMOND | 926 | 37.6% | 70.3% |
| Silverlake Elementary School PEARLAND | 691 | 29.2% | 76.5% |
| Oakland Elementary School RICHMOND | 811 | 41.3% | 58.9% |
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 Lizzie Curtis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,094 of 4,401 | #125 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,780 of 4,466 ▼ 294 | #183 of 339 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,074 of 4,466 ▼ 21 | #138 of 339 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #678 of 3,998 | #66 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 783 | #512 of 4,938 | #14 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,170 of 4,622 | #169 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.9% | #33 of 4,628 | #12 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #4,009 of 4,789 | #288 of 341 |
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
783
+101 (+15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 783 | 53.3 | 14.7:1 | 38% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 49.2 | 14.8:1 | 35% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 44.6 | 15.3:1 | 35% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 22% (147) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lizzie Curtis Elementary School.
About Lizzie Curtis Elementary School
At 9640 BELLE PRAIRIE TRAIL in FORT WORTH, Texas, Lizzie Curtis Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 783 students. The school's enrollment is 51% larger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
NORTHWEST ISD enrolls 32,098 students in 37 schools, including Lizzie Curtis Elementary School.
Asian students are the largest group at Lizzie Curtis Elementary School, with 27% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 27% White, 21% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Tarrant County's residents are about 6% Asian, 21 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Lizzie Curtis Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 77%.
The school employs the equivalent of 53.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.7:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lizzie Curtis Elementary School is 38%. On average, public schools in Tarrant County report 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Lizzie Curtis Elementary School is C. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lizzie Curtis Elementary School, the prediction is 57.5% and the result is 43.9%.
Within Tarrant County, median household income is 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 public schools of Tarrant County number 639 and enroll about 385,835.
Iltexas Keller Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Lizzie Curtis Elementary School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 682 to 783.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 NORTHWEST ISD
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Byron Nelson High SchoolHigh · 2,969 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 2,672 students
- Cw Worthington Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,201 students
- Gene Pike Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
- Medlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,109 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Iltexas Keller Middle School0.9 mi · 440
- Iltexas Keller Elementary School0.9 mi · 935
- Berkshire Elementary School1.0 mi · 688
- Iltexas Keller Saginaw High School1.0 mi · 747
- O A Peterson1.0 mi · 655
- Great Hearts Prairie View1.3 mi · 919
Frequently asked questions
About Lizzie Curtis Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lizzie Curtis Elementary School?
Lizzie Curtis Elementary School enrolls approximately 783 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lizzie Curtis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lizzie Curtis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lizzie Curtis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lizzie Curtis Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lizzie Curtis Elementary School?
At Lizzie Curtis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 19% Hispanic, 21% Black, 27% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lizzie Curtis Elementary School?
Lizzie Curtis Elementary School is overseen by NORTHWEST ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.