1
Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001911
South Hi Mount Elementary School
4101 BIRCHMAN AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76107 · (817) 815-1800 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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
14.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
380 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 | 54 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
52%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 South Hi Mount Elementary School
South Hi Mount Elementary School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hi Mount Elementary School this school | 510 | 74.5% | 40.6% |
| Borman Elementary School DENTON | 523 | 76.9% | 27.8% |
| Terrace Elementary School HOUSTON | 457 | 75.9% | 37.7% |
| Rhodes Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 492 | 70.9% | 25.8% |
| Caldwell Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 545 | 69.9% | 41.3% |
| Northern Hills Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 501 | 74.5% | 32.0% |
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 South Hi Mount Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,511 of 4,401 | #153 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,613 of 4,466 ▲ 331 | #167 of 339 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,526 of 4,466 ▲ 70 | #97 of 339 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #708 of 3,998 | #45 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,430 of 4,938 | #164 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,724 of 4,622 | #123 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #2,210 of 4,628 | #248 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #2,300 of 4,789 | #170 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #2,438 of 2,838 | #212 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
510
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 510 | 35.9 | 14.2:1 | 75% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 76% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 75% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 77% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 74% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 77% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 76% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 64% (373) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 24 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Hi Mount Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (539 to 510); teachers up 20% (30 to 35.9).
About South Hi Mount Elementary School
South Hi Mount Elementary School is an elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, reachable at (817) 815-1800. The school enrolls 510 students, from pre-K through 5.
Besides South Hi Mount Elementary School, FORT WORTH ISD runs 135 other schools. The district enrolls 70,612 students.
A majority of students at South Hi Mount Elementary School, 66%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% White, 12% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. South Hi Mount Elementary School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 75%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 12 points.
allk12 grades South Hi Mount Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
South Hi Mount Elementary School is 1.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (40.6% versus 41.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Federal survey data for Tarrant County show that median household income is about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. South Hi Mount Elementary School is among the 639 public schools in Tarrant County.
Of nearby public schools, Stripling Middle School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Locale data from NCES put South Hi Mount Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
South Hi Mount Elementary School had 501 students in 2020-21 and 510 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The South Hi Mount Elementary School community page is open for posts about school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- Stripling Middle School0.3 mi · 518
- Arlington Heights High School0.4 mi · 1,898
- Juvenile Justice Alternative Ed Program0.7 mi · 12
- Tarrant Co J J Alternative Education Program0.7 mi · 5
- Tarrant County JJAEP0.7 mi · 2
- Tarrant Co J J Alternative Education Program0.7 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About South Hi Mount Elementary SchoolHow large is South Hi Mount Elementary School?
South Hi Mount Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does South Hi Mount Elementary School serve?
South Hi Mount Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does South Hi Mount Elementary School have?
South Hi Mount Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at South Hi Mount Elementary School?
Student demographics at South Hi Mount Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 66% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is South Hi Mount Elementary School public or private?
South Hi Mount Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.