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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000257
Pope Elementary School
901 CHESTNUT DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76012 · (682) 867-2750 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
349 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 55 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 17.0% | 32.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% 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 Pope Elementary School
Pope Elementary School's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pope Elementary School this school | 439 | 79.5% | 23.5% |
| R Q Sims Intermediate School MEXIA | 428 | 79.9% | 25.3% |
| Mary Branch Elementary School BRYAN | 470 | 81.5% | 44.7% |
| Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School MCKINNEY | 415 | 74.9% | 35.4% |
| G W Carver Early Childhood Center ENNIS | 407 | 82.6% | N/A |
| Dan D Rogers Elementary School DALLAS | 450 | 76.7% | 64.9% |
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 Pope Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #4,132 of 4,401 | #300 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,360 of 4,466 ▼ 104 | #332 of 339 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,901 of 4,466 ▲ 95 | #279 of 339 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,041 of 3,998 | #151 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #3,130 of 4,938 | #238 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #657 of 4,622 | #41 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #1,061 of 4,628 | #143 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #1,987 of 4,789 | #146 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #1,143 of 2,838 | #113 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
439
-135 (-24%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 439 | 34.5 | 12.7:1 | 79% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 34.9 | 14.0:1 | 81% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 34.4 | 15.2:1 | 81% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 84% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 35.2 | 15.6:1 | 71% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 74% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 62% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 38% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 33 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pope Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (551 to 439); teachers down 2% (35.2 to 34.5).
About Pope Elementary School
Pope Elementary School is a public elementary school run by ARLINGTON ISD in ARLINGTON, Texas. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 439 students.
ARLINGTON ISD is the district for Pope Elementary School. It has 75 schools and 53,394 students.
At Pope Elementary School, 52% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 23% Black, 18% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Tarrant County is about 30% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Pope Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, with 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 79% at Pope Elementary School. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County, the school's rate is higher.
BeatsExpectations places Pope Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.3 points below it (23.5% actual, 39.7% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Tarrant County show that median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 639, with about 385,835 students.
Wimbish World Language Academy is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Pope Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.5% against a local average of 37.2%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Pope Elementary School had a net loss of 135 students, or 24%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.7:1 to 12.7:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Pope Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other Pope Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Pope Elementary. Pope Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Pope Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 997 students
- Pope ElementaryPuyallup, WA · 710 students
Nearby schools
- Wimbish World Language Academy0.9 mi · 411
- Shackelford Junior High School1.6 mi · 510
- Lamar High School1.6 mi · 2,457
- Speer Elementary School1.7 mi · 682
- Swift Elementary School1.8 mi · 517
- Duff Elementary School1.8 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Pope Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pope Elementary School?
Pope Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Pope Elementary School serve?
Pope Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pope Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pope Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pope Elementary School?
Pope Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 52% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Pope Elementary School public or private?
Pope Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.