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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD·NCES 482406002678
Shady Oaks Elementary School
1400 CAVENDER DR, HURST, TX 76053 · (817) 399-3350 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
15.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
412 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 | 26 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
45%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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% | 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 | 49.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Shady Oaks Elementary School
Shady Oaks Elementary School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Oaks Elementary School this school | 594 | 69.4% | 55.0% |
| W A Martin Elementary School CRANDALL | 614 | 68.1% | 29.0% |
| Stahl Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 644 | 69.3% | 42.0% |
| Newton Collins Elementary School AUSTIN | 600 | 67.3% | 42.6% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School ALVIN | 634 | 72.9% | 45.8% |
| Gonzales North Avenue GONZALES | 565 | 72.6% | 42.0% |
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 Shady Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,072 of 4,401 | #67 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,499 of 4,466 ▼ 512 | #85 of 339 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,645 of 4,466 ▼ 502 | #185 of 339 ▼ 47 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,212 of 3,998 | #166 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #1,655 of 4,938 | #101 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,111 of 4,622 | #258 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #2,806 of 4,628 | #278 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #2,602 of 4,789 | #193 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #1,254 of 1,307 | #69 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
594
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 594 | 37.7 | 15.8:1 | 69% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 37.7 | 15.3:1 | 71% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 36.4 | 15.8:1 | 68% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 60% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 36.7 | 16.1:1 | 66% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 34 | 17.7:1 | 63% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 59% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 35% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 23 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shady Oaks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (589 to 594); teachers up 3% (36.7 to 37.7).
About Shady Oaks Elementary School
Shady Oaks Elementary School is an elementary school in HURST, Texas, according to federal school records. It teaches 594 students in pre-K through 6.
HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD has 23,262 students spread across 31 schools.
More than half of the students at Shady Oaks Elementary School are Hispanic (72%). The next largest groups are 20% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Tarrant County overall, about 30% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
A staff of 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. By family income, 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Shady Oaks Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Texas public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Shady Oaks Elementary School is +10.9 points: 55.0% actual, 44.1% predicted.
In Tarrant County, home to about 2,167,390 people, median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Shady Oaks Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Harrison Lane Elementary School is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Shady Oaks Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Shady Oaks Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 560 to 594, a 6% rise.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 HURST
- Bell High SchoolHigh · 2,411 students
- Hurst Junior High SchoolMiddle · 967 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- W A Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Harrison Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Hurst Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Harrison Lane Elementary School0.8 mi · 528
- Bell High School0.8 mi · 2,411
- Stonegate Elementary School0.9 mi · 472
- Donna Park1.0 mi · 439
- Grapevine-Colleyville Collegiate Academy at Tcc Ne1.2 mi · 358
- Bedford Junior High School1.4 mi · 968
Frequently asked questions
About Shady Oaks Elementary SchoolHow large is Shady Oaks Elementary School?
Shady Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Shady Oaks Elementary School serve?
Shady Oaks Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shady Oaks Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shady Oaks Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shady Oaks Elementary School?
At Shady Oaks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Shady Oaks Elementary School?
Shady Oaks 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.