PATRICK EL

Set in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, PATRICK EL is an average-sized elementary-level community, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD. It caters to 496 students across grades pre-K through 6.

PATRICK EL is one of 75 schools operated by ARLINGTON ISD, a district that hosts 53,394 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PATRICK EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 26% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PATRICK EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PATRICK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at PATRICK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PATRICK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 32.8%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 PATRICK EL is one.

The closest other public school is CROUCH EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PATRICK EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PATRICK EL has ticked down 40%, going from 832 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the PATRICK EL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.