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Best kept secret on campus at NORTH SIDE H S?
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Enrollment
1,676
High
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001893
NORTH SIDE H S
2211 MCKINLEY AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76164 · (817) 814-4000 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,676 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
1,563 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
28.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
17.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,676
+19 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
93%
was 93%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORTH SIDE H S
NORTH SIDE H S is a high school of well-populated scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD, instructing 1,676 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 111% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
FORT WORTH ISD comprises 136 schools with combined enrollment of 70,612 students; NORTH SIDE H S is among them.
On the student-mix side, NORTH SIDE H S lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder reads as 3% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH SIDE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 29.4%.
In the area at large, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $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 SIDE H S is one.
The closest other public school is SAM ROSEN EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH SIDE H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH SIDE H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.5%.
NORTH SIDE H S operates from a city-core location.
Trend over the last 7 years. NORTH SIDE H S's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,657 (now 1,676).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the NORTH SIDE H S community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 FORT WORTH ISD
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
- TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H SHigh · 1,924 students
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H SHigh · 1,898 students
- SOUTH HILLS H SHigh · 1,846 students
- O D WYATT H SHigh · 1,499 students
- BENBROOK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,478 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- SAM ROSEN EL0.5 mi · 407
- MANUEL JARA EL0.7 mi · 567
- ELDER MIDDLE0.8 mi · 646
- PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (JACKSBORO)0.9 mi · 101
- RUFINO MENDOZA SR EL1.2 mi · 342
- DOLORES HUERTA EL1.3 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH SIDE H SHow many students attend NORTH SIDE H S?
NORTH SIDE H S enrolls approximately 1,676 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does NORTH SIDE H S serve?
NORTH SIDE H S serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at NORTH SIDE H S?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at NORTH SIDE H S.
How diverse is NORTH SIDE H S?
NORTH SIDE H S reports a student body of 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTH SIDE H S?
NORTH SIDE H S is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.