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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANSFIELD ISD·NCES 482892009590
Roberta Tipps Academy
3001 N WALNUT CREEK, MANSFIELD, TX 76063 · (817) 299-6920 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
236 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 44 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (93).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 32.0% | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Roberta Tipps Academy
Roberta Tipps Academy's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta Tipps Academy this school | 471 | 50.1% | 65.5% |
| Carol Holt Elementary School ARLINGTON | 391 | 51.7% | 57.3% |
| Haggar Elementary School DALLAS | 546 | 48.4% | 43.1% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School EULESS | 524 | 46.2% | 45.4% |
| Martha Reid Academy ARLINGTON | 493 | 47.9% | 57.2% |
| Heritage Elementary School KELLER | 529 | 53.3% | 35.8% |
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 Roberta Tipps Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #495 of 4,401 | #29 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,161 of 4,466 ▼ 826 | #67 of 339 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,277 of 4,466 ▼ 230 | #80 of 339 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,637 of 3,998 | #197 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,814 of 4,938 | #200 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,406 of 4,622 | #94 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #147 of 4,628 | #30 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #3,573 of 4,789 | #256 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #918 of 2,838 | #92 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
471
-45 (-9%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 471 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 50% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 49% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 36.1 | 14.6:1 | 46% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 38% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 37.1 | 16.5:1 | 29% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 771 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 21% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberta Tipps Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (613 to 471); teachers down 8% (37.1 to 34).
About Roberta Tipps Academy
Families in MANSFIELD, Texas, are served by Roberta Tipps Academy, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 471 students in pre-K through 4.
Roberta Tipps Academy is one of the 47 schools that make up MANSFIELD ISD (35,354 students in total).
Roberta Tipps Academy has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 32%. The remaining students are 30% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Tarrant County, the Black share is about 18%. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.9:1, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Roberta Tipps Academy is 50%. The average for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
Roberta Tipps Academy's average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.5% is 13.2 points above the 52.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Tarrant County census figures show that the median household income is $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Tarrant County is home to 639 public schools and about 385,835 public school students.
The closest public school, Mansfield Summit High School, is about 0.5 miles from Roberta Tipps Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Roberta Tipps Academy ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Roberta Tipps Academy is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 45 students since 2020-21, to 471.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Roberta Tipps Academy. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 MANSFIELD ISD
- Mansfield Lake Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,751 students
- Mansfield Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,568 students
- Mansfield High SchoolHigh · 2,552 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Mansfield Summit High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Charlene McKinzey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,043 students
Other schools in MANSFIELD
- Mansfield Lake Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,751 students
- Mansfield Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,568 students
- Mansfield High SchoolHigh · 2,552 students
- Charlene McKinzey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,043 students
- Brooks Wester Middle SchoolMiddle · 945 students
- Alma Martinez Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 930 students
Nearby schools
- Mansfield Summit High School0.5 mi · 1,772
- Asa E Low Jr Intermediate School0.9 mi · 719
- Brooks Wester Middle School1.0 mi · 945
- D P Morris Elementary School1.0 mi · 545
- T A Howard Middle School1.3 mi · 574
- J L Boren Elementary School1.6 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Roberta Tipps AcademyHow many students attend Roberta Tipps Academy?
Roberta Tipps Academy enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-04.
Is Roberta Tipps Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roberta Tipps Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Roberta Tipps Academy have?
Roberta Tipps Academy employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Roberta Tipps Academy?
Roberta Tipps Academy reports a student body of 30% White, 22% Hispanic, 32% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Roberta Tipps Academy in?
Roberta Tipps Academy is part of MANSFIELD ISD.
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