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ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY
ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY is a middle school of modestly sized scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under EVERMAN ISD, works with 441 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY sits 31% below that benchmark.
Within EVERMAN ISD, which oversees 11 schools and 5,018 students, ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY is one campus in the system.
On demographics, ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder reads as 23% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 39.7%.
Around the school, census data for Tarrant County shows median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
DAN POWELL EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROY JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY has contracted 7%, going from 473 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 35% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
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