O A PETERSON

O A PETERSON is an average-sized K-5 school in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by NORTHWEST ISD. The school instructs 655 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

O A PETERSON is one of 37 schools operated by NORTHWEST ISD, a district that caters to 32,098 students overall.

Looking at the student body, O A PETERSON records that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, O A PETERSON has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, O A PETERSON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 45.6%, a residual of -10.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Tarrant County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. O A PETERSON is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

ILTEXAS KELLER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts O A PETERSON at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at O A PETERSON has declined 15%, going from 769 students in 2018 to 655 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 47% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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