MORTON EL

MORTON EL is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in ARLINGTON, Texas, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD, educateing 446 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within ARLINGTON ISD, which oversees 75 schools and 53,394 students, MORTON EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MORTON EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 25% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MORTON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at MORTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MORTON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) logs that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), MORTON EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BURGIN EL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MORTON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MORTON EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.9%.

MORTON EL operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORTON EL has edged down 22%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 68% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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