MCNUTT EL

MCNUTT EL is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in ARLINGTON, Texas, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD, with 675 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ARLINGTON ISD runs 75 schools in total, collectively educating 53,394 students. MCNUTT EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MCNUTT EL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 33% Black, 9% Asian, 7% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, MCNUTT EL reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCNUTT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 30.3%, a residual of -7.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), MCNUTT EL is one campus in the mix.

WORKMAN J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCNUTT EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 680 students in 2018 compared to 675 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 14% to 9% over that span.

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