NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH

NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH operates as a small K-5 school in FORT WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON. Current enrollment sits at 255 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH sits 51% below that benchmark.

NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,830 students. NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.9%; this one comes in at 28.6%, -21.3 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Tarrant County shows median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EAST HANDLEY EL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FORT WORTH operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 54%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 74% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.