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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 EL
2700 YUCCA AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76111 · (817) 814-9500 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
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
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
34.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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
466
-139 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.9:1
% White
3%
was 4%
% Hispanic
92%
was 93%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About OAKHURST EL
Set in FORT WORTH, Texas, OAKHURST EL is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of FORT WORTH ISD. It caters to 466 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Within FORT WORTH ISD, which oversees 136 schools and 70,612 students, OAKHURST EL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, OAKHURST EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, OAKHURST EL reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OAKHURST EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which OAKHURST EL is one.
The closest other public school is CARTER-RIVERSIDE H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OAKHURST EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.6%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OAKHURST EL has decreased 23%, going from 605 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. 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
- NORTH SIDE H SHigh · 1,676 students
- O D WYATT H SHigh · 1,499 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
- CARTER-RIVERSIDE H S0.4 mi · 1,039
- RIVERSIDE MIDDLE0.5 mi · 739
- SPRINGDALE EL0.9 mi · 393
- DETENT CTR1.2 mi · 102
- NATHA HOWELL EL1.2 mi · 349
- BONNIE BRAE1.3 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About OAKHURST ELWhat is the total enrollment at OAKHURST EL?
OAKHURST EL enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does OAKHURST EL serve?
OAKHURST EL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does OAKHURST EL have?
OAKHURST EL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at OAKHURST EL?
Student demographics at OAKHURST EL are roughly 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees OAKHURST EL?
OAKHURST EL 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.