Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRDVILLE ISD·NCES 481023000499
Snow Heights Elementary School
4801 VANCE RD, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76180 · (817) 547-2200 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+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.
- A-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
14.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
148 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 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 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 28.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
57.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Snow Heights Elementary School
Snow Heights Elementary School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Heights Elementary School this school | 380 | 38.9% | 55.0% |
| Westpark Elementary School FORT WORTH | 358 | 39.7% | 67.0% |
| Ethridge Elementary School THE COLONY | 329 | 37.1% | 51.0% |
| Prestonwood Elementary School DALLAS | 474 | 35.2% | 63.9% |
| County Line Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 342 | 35.1% | 42.9% |
| Hidden Hollow Elementary School KINGWOOD | 433 | 32.8% | 52.3% |
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 Snow Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,069 of 4,401 | #66 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #861 of 4,466 ▲ 816 | #46 of 339 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #711 of 4,466 ▲ 120 | #41 of 339 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #509 of 3,998 | #31 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #3,653 of 4,938 | #287 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,269 of 4,622 | #177 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #999 of 4,628 | #139 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #3,972 of 4,789 | #281 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #1,187 of 1,307 | #64 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
380
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 380 | 25.6 | 14.8:1 | 39% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 26.2 | 15.0:1 | 48% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 26.7 | 14.8:1 | 48% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 44% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 25.4 | 14.7:1 | 35% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 40% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 37% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 10% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 18 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Snow Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (373 to 380); teachers up 1% (25.4 to 25.6).
About Snow Heights Elementary School
This page covers Snow Heights Elementary School, a small elementary school in NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas. Enrollment is 380 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 27% lower.
The district, BIRDVILLE ISD, operates 30 schools serving 22,267 students.
The most common group at Snow Heights Elementary School is White students, at 50%. Enrollment also includes 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 48% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 25.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Around 39% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 63% average among public schools in Tarrant County.
allk12 grades Snow Heights Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Snow Heights Elementary School is 2.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Among Tarrant County residents, the median household income is $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Snow Heights Elementary School, Tarrant County has 638 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Snow Heights Elementary School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to North Richland Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 55.0% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Snow Heights Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Snow Heights Elementary School had 368 students, to 2024-25, when it had 380.
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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 BIRDVILLE ISD
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Birdville High SchoolHigh · 2,069 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- Smithfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Other schools in NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
- Birdville High SchoolHigh · 2,069 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Academy at Carrie F ThomasElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- North Richland Middle School0.1 mi · 882
- Richland High School0.6 mi · 2,063
- Iltexas North Richland Hills Middle School0.8 mi · 350
- Iltexas North Richland Hills Elementary School0.8 mi · 757
- Holiday Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 463
- Jack C Binion Elementary School1.2 mi · 693
Frequently asked questions
About Snow Heights Elementary SchoolHow large is Snow Heights Elementary School?
Snow Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades PK-05.
Is Snow Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Snow Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Snow Heights Elementary School have?
Snow Heights Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Snow Heights Elementary School?
At Snow Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Snow Heights Elementary School in?
Snow Heights Elementary School is part of BIRDVILLE ISD.
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