NORTH HI MOUNT EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 NORTH HI MOUNT EL
Set in FORT WORTH, Texas, NORTH HI MOUNT EL is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, part of FORT WORTH ISD. It hosts 386 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so NORTH HI MOUNT EL sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.
Within FORT WORTH ISD, which oversees 136 schools and 70,612 students, NORTH HI MOUNT EL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, NORTH HI MOUNT EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 25% White, 13% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTH HI MOUNT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.
In the broader community, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which NORTH HI MOUNT EL is one.
JO KELLY SP ED is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
NORTH HI MOUNT EL operates from an urban location.
Over the past 7-year window. NORTH HI MOUNT EL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 386). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 48% to 57% over that span.
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