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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970011017
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School
5037 TOWNSEND DR, FORT WORTH, TX 76115 · (817) 920-1270 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
367 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 42 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Seminary Hills Park Elementary School
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminary Hills Park Elementary School this school | 378 | 97.1% | 30.3% |
| Juan Seguin Early Childhood Center RICHMOND | 324 | 99.4% | N/A |
| Esperanza Medrano Elementary School DALLAS | 349 | 96.3% | 30.5% |
| Jill Stone El at Vickery Meadow DALLAS | 474 | 98.9% | 36.1% |
| East Handley Elementary School FORT WORTH | 329 | 93.0% | 25.2% |
| Wainwright Elementary School HOUSTON | 382 | 98.2% | 41.8% |
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 Seminary Hills Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,632 of 4,401 | #241 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,155 of 4,466 ▲ 1,203 | #137 of 339 ▲ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,562 of 4,466 ▲ 264 | #253 of 339 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,315 of 3,998 | #95 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,672 of 4,938 | #289 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #468 of 4,622 | #28 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #2,345 of 4,628 | #252 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #272 of 4,789 | #9 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #2,813 of 2,838 | #239 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
378
+88 (+30%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 378 | 30.7 | 12.3:1 | 97% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 95% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 96% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 97% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 28.3 | 13.4:1 | 92% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 89% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 90% (513) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seminary Hills Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (380 to 378); teachers up 8% (28.3 to 30.7).
About Seminary Hills Park Elementary School
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School is a small elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas. The student body numbers 378 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 27% smaller than that.
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School is run by FORT WORTH ISD, whose 136 schools enroll 70,612 students.
A majority of students at Seminary Hills Park Elementary School, 67%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% White. Among all residents of Tarrant County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at Seminary Hills Park Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Federal data list 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Seminary Hills Park Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Seminary Hills Park Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Seminary Hills Park Elementary School would score about 32.2%. It scores 30.3%, 1.9 points below that figure.
Tarrant County census figures show that median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 639 public schools operate in Tarrant County, serving about 385,835 students.
Greenbriar Elementary School is located about 0.6 miles from Seminary Hills Park Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Seminary Hills Park Elementary School is behind the 31.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 290 to 378.
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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 FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 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
- Greenbriar Elementary School0.6 mi · 468
- Hubbard Elementary School0.7 mi · 508
- South Hills Elementary School0.8 mi · 649
- Rosemont Middle School0.9 mi · 1,166
- Harmony Science Academy- Fort Worth1.0 mi · 1,232
- Westcreek Elementary School1.1 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Seminary Hills Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Seminary Hills Park Elementary School?
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Seminary Hills Park Elementary School serve?
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Seminary Hills Park Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Seminary Hills Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Seminary Hills Park Elementary School?
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 67% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Seminary Hills Park Elementary School?
Seminary Hills Park Elementary School is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
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