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How has OAKHURST EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001895
Oakhurst Elementary School
2700 YUCCA AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76111 · (817) 814-9500 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
13.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
411 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 35.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Oakhurst Elementary School
Oakhurst Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakhurst Elementary School this school | 466 | 88.2% | 40.9% |
| Bob Hope Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 488 | 88.7% | 27.9% |
| Central Elementary School CARROLLTON | 455 | 87.9% | 30.8% |
| Matthys Elementary School SOUTH HOUSTON | 457 | 89.7% | 37.4% |
| Allen Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 442 | 88.9% | 32.8% |
| McMullan Elementary School CHANNELVIEW | 482 | 90.0% | 32.0% |
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 Oakhurst Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,482 of 4,401 | #151 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #935 of 4,466 ▲ 280 | #51 of 339 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,383 of 4,466 ▲ 320 | #163 of 339 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,717 of 3,998 | #129 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #2,855 of 4,938 | #203 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,240 of 4,622 | #82 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #3,949 of 4,628 | #333 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #1,263 of 4,789 | #98 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #936 of 2,838 | #94 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
466
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 722
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 466 | 34.1 | 13.7:1 | 88% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 30.5 | 16.3:1 | 86% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 89% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 91% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 35.7 | 16.9:1 | 90% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 90% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 91% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 45 | 18.0:1 | 84% (683) |
| 1990-91 | 722 | 33 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakhurst Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (605 to 466); teachers down 4% (35.7 to 34.1).
About Oakhurst Elementary School
Oakhurst Elementary School is a public elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas. In all, 466 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
FORT WORTH ISD has a total of 136 schools and 70,612 students, Oakhurst Elementary School among them.
Of every 100 students at Oakhurst Elementary School, about 92 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 3% White and 3% Black. Census figures show Tarrant County is about 30% Hispanic. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Oakhurst Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Of all students at Oakhurst Elementary School, 88% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Tarrant County.
Oakhurst Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 36.0% at Oakhurst Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%.
For the population of Tarrant County, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Tarrant County, 639 public schools serve about 385,835 students.
Oakhurst Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Carter-Riverside High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Oakhurst Elementary School is ahead of the 31.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.2:1 to 13.7:1.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Other Oakhurst Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Oakhurst Elementary. Oakhurst Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- OAKHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLARGO, FL · 677 students
- Oakhurst ElementaryOakhurst, CA · 333 students
- Oakhurst Elementary SchoolDecatur, GA · 233 students
Nearby schools
- Carter-Riverside High School0.4 mi · 1,039
- Riverside Middle School0.5 mi · 739
- Springdale Elementary School0.9 mi · 393
- Detent Center1.2 mi · 102
- Natha Howell Elementary School1.2 mi · 349
- Bonnie Brae1.3 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Oakhurst Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oakhurst Elementary School?
Oakhurst Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oakhurst Elementary School serve?
Oakhurst Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Oakhurst Elementary School have?
Oakhurst Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Oakhurst Elementary School?
Student demographics at Oakhurst Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakhurst Elementary School?
Oakhurst Elementary School 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.