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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001900
M L Phillips Elementary School
3020 BIGHAM BLVD, FORT WORTH, TX 76116 · (817) 815-1600 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- AThree-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
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
345 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 M L Phillips Elementary School
M L Phillips Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| M L Phillips Elementary School this school | 394 | 87.6% | 21.7% |
| W H Burnett Elementary School TERRELL | 380 | 86.8% | N/A |
| C G Sivells Elementary School WHARTON | 399 | 89.7% | N/A |
| J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School LONGVIEW | 424 | 89.6% | 42.6% |
| Preston Hollow Elementary School DALLAS | 402 | 85.6% | 41.3% |
| Remynse Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 394 | 89.3% | 44.8% |
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 M L Phillips Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #4,220 of 4,401 | #308 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,854 of 4,466 ▲ 605 | #193 of 339 ▲ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,669 of 4,466 ▲ 156 | #260 of 339 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #492 of 3,998 | #30 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #3,533 of 4,938 | #275 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,085 of 4,622 | #158 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #1,592 of 4,628 | #200 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #1,335 of 4,789 | #103 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #1,219 of 2,838 | #118 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
394
-33 (-8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 88% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 87% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 90% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 90% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 33.3 | 14.7:1 | 74% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 72% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 73% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 57% (386) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for M L Phillips Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (489 to 394); teachers down 19% (33.3 to 27).
About M L Phillips Elementary School
M L Phillips Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas. Total enrollment is 394 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
The district for M L Phillips Elementary School is FORT WORTH ISD, with 136 schools and 70,612 students.
Of every 100 students at M L Phillips Elementary School, about 58 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 27% Black, 11% White, and 4% multiracial. Tarrant County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 28 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, M L Phillips Elementary School scores 58%.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Income data for the school show 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
M L Phillips Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Texas public elementary schools.
M L Phillips Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.6 points (21.7% versus 36.3%), a bottom-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include M L Phillips Elementary School.
M L Phillips Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Monnig Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. M L Phillips Elementary School's average proficiency of 21.7% compares with 36.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
M L Phillips Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 8%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.2:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for M L Phillips Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 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
- Monnig Middle School0.2 mi · 459
- Premier H S of Fort Worth0.5 mi · 124
- Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth0.9 mi · 167
- Success High School1.2 mi · 585
- Como Elementary School1.3 mi · 422
- IDEA Rise Academy1.4 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About M L Phillips Elementary SchoolHow large is M L Phillips Elementary School?
M L Phillips Elementary School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does M L Phillips Elementary School serve?
M L Phillips Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at M L Phillips Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at M L Phillips Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at M L Phillips Elementary School?
At M L Phillips Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 58% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is M L Phillips Elementary School public or private?
M L Phillips Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.