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Enrollment
676
Elementary
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD·NCES 482406009391
River Trails Elementary School
8850 ELBE TRL, FORT WORTH, TX 76118 · (817) 399-3434 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
395 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 48 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (108).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
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 River Trails Elementary School
River Trails Elementary School's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Trails Elementary School this school | 676 | 58.4% | 57.0% |
| Henry W Sory Elementary School SHERMAN | 619 | 55.4% | 40.9% |
| Arabic Immersion Magnet School HOUSTON | 609 | 51.7% | 65.0% |
| Mozelle Brown Elementary School WHITEHOUSE | 575 | 53.7% | 59.9% |
| River Bend Elementary School COLLEGE STATION | 519 | 52.8% | 60.6% |
| Hurst Hills Elementary School HURST | 480 | 58.8% | 59.4% |
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 River Trails Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #930 of 4,401 | #58 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,585 of 4,466 ▼ 129 | #94 of 339 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #725 of 4,466 ▲ 69 | #42 of 339 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,083 of 3,998 | #99 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #1,070 of 4,938 | #48 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #4,273 of 4,622 | #331 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #362 of 4,628 | #63 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #3,196 of 4,789 | #232 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #974 of 1,307 | #51 of 72 |
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
676
+54 (+9%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 676 | 37 | 18.3:1 | 58% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 37.8 | 17.3:1 | 58% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 37.1 | 17.2:1 | 55% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 47% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 36.6 | 17.5:1 | 41% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 36% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 39% (270) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Trails Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (642 to 676); teachers up 1% (36.6 to 37).
About River Trails Elementary School
River Trails Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in FORT WORTH, Texas. Its enrollment is 676 students, spread over pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 30% larger than average.
River Trails Elementary School is in HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, a district with 23,262 students across 31 schools.
White students account for 44% of enrollment at River Trails Elementary School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Tarrant County residents are about 48% White, a similar share. The diversity index for River Trails Elementary School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at River Trails Elementary School comes to 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 3.2 fewer students per teacher than here. River Trails Elementary School counts 58% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with River Trails Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 48.7%. River Trails Elementary School scores 57.0%, 8.3 points above that line.
Census data for Tarrant County show median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
Trinity Lakes Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of River Trails Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.8%; River Trails Elementary School's is 57.0%, ranking 2nd of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 676, compared with 622 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 16.4 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
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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 HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD
- Trinity High SchoolHigh · 2,734 students
- Bell High SchoolHigh · 2,411 students
- Euless Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
- Central Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Harwood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Bedford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 968 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Trinity Lakes Elementary School0.7 mi · 657
- Hurst Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 480
- Hurst Junior High School1.6 mi · 967
- Lowery Road1.8 mi · 414
- Richland Middle School2.0 mi · 633
- Bellaire Elementary School2.1 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About River Trails Elementary SchoolHow large is River Trails Elementary School?
River Trails Elementary School enrolls approximately 676 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does River Trails Elementary School serve?
River Trails Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at River Trails Elementary School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at River Trails Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at River Trails Elementary School?
At River Trails Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees River Trails Elementary School?
River Trails Elementary School is overseen by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.