SIDNEY H POYNTER

As an intimate elementary-level community in FORT WORTH, Texas, SIDNEY H POYNTER teaches 418 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by CROWLEY ISD.

Within CROWLEY ISD, which oversees 24 schools and 17,011 students, SIDNEY H POYNTER is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SIDNEY H POYNTER lists that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SIDNEY H POYNTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -9.6 points.

Across the wider county, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), SIDNEY H POYNTER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CROWLEY COLLEGE PREP EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SIDNEY H POYNTER at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 37.4%.

SIDNEY H POYNTER operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 20% to 10% over that span.

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