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PARKWOOD HILL INT
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PARKWOOD HILL INT
PARKWOOD HILL INT is a sizable intermediate school in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under KELLER ISD. The school educates 1,022 students in grades 5 through 6. That puts it 59% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
PARKWOOD HILL INT is one of 42 schools operated by KELLER ISD, a district that serves 32,042 students overall.
In terms of who attends, PARKWOOD HILL INT records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tarrant County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, PARKWOOD HILL INT logs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 38% 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 south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARKWOOD HILL INT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.3%; this one delivers 55.9%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Tarrant County shows median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PARKWOOD HILL INT is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
The closest other public school is HILLWOOD MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PARKWOOD HILL INT comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.
PARKWOOD HILL INT operates from an urban location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARKWOOD HILL INT has declined 15%, going from 1,200 students in 2018 to 1,022 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 54% to 44%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.
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