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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the MCRAE EL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970021055
MCRAE EL
3316 AVE N, FORT WORTH, TX 76105 · (817) 814-0500 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
518 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
19.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
24.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
543
-72 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.7:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
90%
was 89%
% Black
6%
was 9%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MCRAE EL
MCRAE EL is a medium-sized elementary campus in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under FORT WORTH ISD. The school teaches 543 students in grades pre-K through 5.
FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools in total, collectively educating 70,612 students. MCRAE EL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, MCRAE EL logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, MCRAE EL lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MCRAE EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.2%; actual is 18.3%, a gap of -13.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) records that median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. MCRAE EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: T A SIMS EL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCRAE EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.1%.
MCRAE EL operates from a downtown location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 615 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 H SHigh · 2,127 students
- TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H SHigh · 1,924 students
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H SHigh · 1,898 students
- SOUTH HILLS H SHigh · 1,846 students
- NORTH SIDE H SHigh · 1,676 students
- O D WYATT H SHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- T A SIMS EL0.4 mi · 566
- UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS0.7 mi · 461
- S S DILLOW EL0.7 mi · 432
- ROCKETSHIP DENNIS DUNKINS EL0.7 mi · 442
- WILLIAM JAMES MIDDLE0.8 mi · 710
- POLYTECHNIC H S0.8 mi · 1,375
Frequently asked questions
About MCRAE ELHow many students attend MCRAE EL?
MCRAE EL enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
Is MCRAE EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MCRAE EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at MCRAE EL?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at MCRAE EL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MCRAE EL?
At MCRAE EL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is MCRAE EL public or private?
MCRAE EL 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.