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MIDWAY PARK EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MIDWAY PARK EL
Located at 409 N ECTOR DR, in EULESS, Texas, MIDWAY PARK EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that enrolls 625 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 20% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
Within HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, which oversees 31 schools and 23,262 students, MIDWAY PARK EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, MIDWAY PARK EL shows that 30% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 23% Hispanic, 19% White, 14% Asian, 8% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, MIDWAY PARK EL shows 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 81% 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 meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, MIDWAY PARK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.8%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) shows 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%. MIDWAY PARK EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
The closest other public school is TRINITY H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MIDWAY PARK EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.9%.
MIDWAY PARK EL operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 764 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 24% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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