Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WORTH ISD·NCES 482649012068
N A Howry Steam Academy
4000 DAKOTA TRL, LAKE WORTH, TX 76135 · (817) 306-4240 · Tarrant County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 7% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
315 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (59) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LAKE WORTH ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
31.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 21.0% | 31.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 16.0% | 22.0% | 52.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 0.0% | 7.0% |
| 2021-22 | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| 2020-21 | 7.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
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 N A Howry Steam Academy
N A Howry Steam Academy's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| N A Howry Steam Academy this school | 349 | 90.3% | 26.4% |
| Effie Morris Early Learning Academy LAKE WORTH | 356 | 90.7% | N/A |
| San Jacinto Elementary School AMARILLO | 366 | 94.8% | 31.9% |
| Fannin Elementary School CORSICANA | 376 | 86.4% | 27.5% |
| Calvin Vincent Pre-K Head Start TEXAS CITY | 311 | 90.4% | N/A |
| Wester Elementary School LUBBOCK | 359 | 90.3% | 52.0% |
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 N A Howry Steam Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #3,967 of 4,401 | #274 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,168 of 4,466 ▼ 487 | #312 of 339 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #4,257 of 4,466 ▼ 228 | #322 of 339 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #3,880 of 4,938 | #302 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,720 of 4,622 | #122 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #742 of 4,628 | #112 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,047 of 4,789 | #84 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #626 of 2,838 | #60 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
349
+57 (+20%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 349 | 24.6 | 14.2:1 | 90% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 27.2 | 11.9:1 | 93% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 28.6 | 11.9:1 | 92% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 27 | 10.8:1 | 93% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 34.3 | 14.1:1 | 86% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 81% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for N A Howry Steam Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (483 to 349); teachers down 28% (34.3 to 24.6).
About N A Howry Steam Academy
This page covers N A Howry Steam Academy, a small elementary school in LAKE WORTH, Texas. The student body numbers 349 students, from grades 1 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
LAKE WORTH ISD is responsible for 6 schools, N A Howry Steam Academy included, with 3,249 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at N A Howry Steam Academy, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 24% White, 21% Black, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Tarrant County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. N A Howry Steam Academy's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1 at N A Howry Steam Academy, with 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 14.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 90% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, N A Howry Steam Academy receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
N A Howry Steam Academy scores 26.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.1%.
Federal survey data for Tarrant County show that the median household income is $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Tarrant County is home to 639 public schools and about 385,835 public school students.
The nearest public school is Effie Morris Early Learning Academy, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 29.1%, higher than N A Howry Steam Academy's 26.4%.
N A Howry Steam Academy falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 349 students in 2024-25, 57 more than the 292 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.2:1) than in 2020-21 (10.8:1).
The N A Howry Steam Academy community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 LAKE WORTH ISD
- Lake Worth High SchoolHigh · 953 students
- Lucyle Collins Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- Marilyn Miller Language AcademyElementary · 509 students
- Effie Morris Early Learning AcademyElementary · 356 students
- Marine Creek Leadership AcademyElementary · 347 students
- Tadpole Lrn CenterCombined
Other schools in LAKE WORTH
- Lake Worth High SchoolHigh · 953 students
- Effie Morris Early Learning AcademyElementary · 356 students
- Tadpole Lrn CenterCombined
- Tarrant Co Juvenile Justice CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Effie Morris Early Learning Academy0.2 mi · 356
- Lake Worth High School1.4 mi · 953
- Marine Creek Leadership Academy2.0 mi · 347
- Greenfield Elementary School2.2 mi · 620
- Lucyle Collins Middle School2.4 mi · 735
- Joy James Academy of Leadership2.4 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About N A Howry Steam AcademyHow large is N A Howry Steam Academy?
N A Howry Steam Academy enrolls approximately 349 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does N A Howry Steam Academy serve?
N A Howry Steam Academy serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at N A Howry Steam Academy?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at N A Howry Steam Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at N A Howry Steam Academy?
At N A Howry Steam Academy, the student body is approximately 24% White, 47% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is N A Howry Steam Academy public or private?
N A Howry Steam Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAKE WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.