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What's the most underrated thing about POLYTECHNIC H S that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,375
High
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001901
Polytechnic High School
1300 CONNER AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76105 · (817) 814-0000 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,375 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Texas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
1,255 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 453 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 359 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 308 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 255 | 19% |
Student demographics
31%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
18.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
11.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 1.0% | 17.0% | 22.0% | 60.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 9.0% | 44.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 18.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 4.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 3.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.0% | 6.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 2.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Polytechnic High School
Polytechnic High School's state test result (19.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polytechnic High School this school | 1,375 | 91.3% | 19.5% |
| H Grady Spruce High School DALLAS | 1,370 | 96.4% | 27.3% |
| Northside High School HOUSTON | 1,058 | 95.6% | 37.7% |
| Trimble Technical High School FORT WORTH | 1,924 | 89.3% | 39.3% |
| W W Samuell High School DALLAS | 1,709 | 95.7% | 40.4% |
| Furr High School HOUSTON | 914 | 94.5% | 38.5% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Polytechnic High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #1,384 of 1,385 | #69 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,413 of 1,425 ▼ 10 | #75 of 76 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,419 of 1,425 ▲ 1 | #76 of 76 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #976 of 1,184 | #52 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,375 | #481 of 2,107 | #40 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,047 of 1,344 | #52 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #1,008 of 1,346 | #75 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #152 of 1,522 | #8 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #301 of 672 | #16 of 37 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,375
+37 (+3%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 844
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 1,375 | 81.5 | 16.9:1 | 91% (1,255) |
| 2023-24 | 1,382 | 80.3 | 17.2:1 | 92% (1,277) |
| 2022-23 | 1,277 | 79.7 | 16.0:1 | 95% (1,207) |
| 2020-21 | 1,338 | 84 | 15.9:1 | 95% (1,272) |
| 2017-18 | 1,209 | 87.9 | 13.8:1 | 89% (1,079) |
| 2015-16 | 1,242 | 92 | 13.5:1 | 82% (1,015) |
| 2010-11 | 1,151 | 81 | 14.2:1 | 79% (908) |
| 2000-01 | 1,037 | 65 | 15.9:1 | 58% (600) |
| 1990-91 | 844 | 46 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Polytechnic High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,209 to 1,375); teachers down 7% (87.9 to 81.5).
About Polytechnic High School
Polytechnic High School is a high school with a street address in FORT WORTH, Texas. The latest federal count shows 1,375 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 796-student average for high schools in Texas, enrollment here is 73% higher.
FORT WORTH ISD, which runs Polytechnic High School, has 136 schools and 70,612 students.
About 82% of the student body at Polytechnic High School is Hispanic. Other students are 14% Black. By comparison, Tarrant County residents are about 30% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 16.9:1 comes from the school's 81.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 91% in 2024-25. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 28 points.
The allk12 Grade for Polytechnic High School is F. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Polytechnic High School posts 19.5% against a 34.7% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Texas.
According to the American Community Survey, in Tarrant County, the median household income is $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Polytechnic High School is one of 639 public schools in the county.
Nearby, William James Middle School is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 25.0% on proficiency, and Polytechnic High School is below that at 19.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Polytechnic High School had 1,338 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,375.
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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
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Other Polytechnic High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Polytechnic High. Polytechnic High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Polytechnic HighLong Beach, CA · 3,890 students
- Polytechnic HighRiverside, CA · 2,484 students
Nearby schools
- William James Middle School0.3 mi · 710
- Uplift Meridian Prep PS0.4 mi · 461
- McRae Elementary School0.8 mi · 543
- T A Sims Elementary School1.2 mi · 566
- Carroll Peak Elementary School1.4 mi · 489
- S S Dillow Elementary School1.5 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Polytechnic High SchoolHow large is Polytechnic High School?
Polytechnic High School enrolls approximately 1,375 students in grades 09-12.
Is Polytechnic High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Polytechnic High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Polytechnic High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Polytechnic High School is approximately 16.9:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Polytechnic High School?
At Polytechnic High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Polytechnic High School in?
Polytechnic High School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.