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If you had an hour of school board time for POPE EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000257
POPE EL
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
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
26.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 26 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
439
-112 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 15.6:1
% White
18%
was 21%
% Hispanic
52%
was 57%
% Black
23%
was 18%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About POPE EL
Set in ARLINGTON, Texas, POPE EL is a modestly sized K-5 school, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD. It enrolls 439 students across grades pre-K through 6.
ARLINGTON ISD runs 75 schools in total, collectively educating 53,394 students. POPE EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, POPE EL shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 23% Black, 18% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, POPE EL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POPE EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.2%; POPE EL posts 21.0%, -18.2 points below that line.
Around the school, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), POPE EL is one campus in the mix.
WIMBISH WORLD LANGUAGE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POPE EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.8%.
POPE EL operates from a city-core location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, members of the POPE EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- SEGUIN H SHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- MARTIN H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW H SHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- WIMBISH WORLD LANGUAGE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 411
- SHACKELFORD J H1.6 mi · 510
- LAMAR H S1.6 mi · 2,457
- SPEER EL1.7 mi · 682
- SWIFT EL1.8 mi · 517
- DUFF EL1.8 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About POPE ELHow many students attend POPE EL?
POPE EL enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does POPE EL serve?
POPE EL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at POPE EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at POPE EL is approximately 12.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is POPE EL?
POPE EL reports a student body of 18% White, 52% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is POPE EL public or private?
POPE EL 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.