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REMYNSE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About REMYNSE EL
REMYNSE EL is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, part of ARLINGTON ISD, hosting 394 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.
ARLINGTON ISD comprises 75 schools with combined enrollment of 53,394 students; REMYNSE EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, REMYNSE EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 24% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, REMYNSE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of +8.9 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. REMYNSE EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
The closest other public school is JOHN A DUBISKI CAREER H S, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, REMYNSE EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Looking at the recent track record. REMYNSE EL's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 394). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 36% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.
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