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Enrollment
1,155
High
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001913
Southwest High School
4100 ALTAMESA BLVD, FORT WORTH, TX 76133 · (817) 814-8000 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,155 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Texas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
978 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 332 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 262 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 296 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 265 | 23% |
Student demographics
62%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
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 41.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 25.0% | 51.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Southwest High School
Southwest High School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest High School this school | 1,155 | 84.7% | 31.3% |
| Western Hills High School FORT WORTH | 854 | 88.2% | 27.8% |
| Eastern Hills High School FORT WORTH | 1,189 | 89.2% | 28.9% |
| Willowridge High School HOUSTON | 1,242 | 79.2% | 32.2% |
| Estacado High School LUBBOCK | 787 | 90.0% | 27.4% |
| Memorial High School PORT ARTHUR | 2,140 | 80.7% | 33.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Southwest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,321 of 1,385 | #62 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #991 of 1,425 ▲ 299 | #47 of 76 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,338 of 1,425 ▲ 49 | #65 of 76 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #564 of 1,184 | #22 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,155 | #536 of 2,107 | #43 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #506 of 1,344 | #16 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #303 of 1,346 | #38 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #306 of 1,522 | #24 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #214 of 557 | #14 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,155
-227 (-16%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,897
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 1,155 | 84.4 | 13.7:1 | 85% (978) |
| 2023-24 | 1,186 | 90.8 | 13.1:1 | 82% (978) |
| 2022-23 | 1,285 | 90.5 | 14.2:1 | 86% (1,106) |
| 2020-21 | 1,382 | 92 | 15.0:1 | 83% (1,150) |
| 2017-18 | 1,310 | 94.8 | 13.8:1 | 60% (792) |
| 2015-16 | 1,288 | 100 | 12.9:1 | 59% (760) |
| 2010-11 | 1,492 | 107 | 13.9:1 | 45% (671) |
| 2000-01 | 1,478 | 91 | 16.2:1 | 15% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 1,897 | 89 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,310 to 1,155); teachers down 11% (94.8 to 84.4).
About Southwest High School
Southwest High School is a medium-sized high school in FORT WORTH, Texas, under FORT WORTH ISD. It enrolled 1,155 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 45% higher than the average for high schools in Texas, which is about 796.
Southwest High School is a school in FORT WORTH ISD. The district has 136 schools and 70,612 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Southwest High School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. Smaller groups are 37% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Tarrant County is roughly 30% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Southwest High School is 84.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.7:1. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 85%. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Tarrant County.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Southwest High School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Southwest High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.3% and a predicted 37.5%.
Tarrant County has about 2,167,390 residents, and the median household income is $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Southwest High School, Tarrant County has 638 other public schools.
The school nearest to Southwest High School is Woodway Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Southwest High School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Southwest High School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Southwest High School's enrollment dropped from 1,382 in 2020-21 to 1,155 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.0:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Southwest High School. 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
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
Other Southwest High schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Southwest High. Southwest High School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Southwest High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 2,363 students
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 2,110 students
- Southwest HighEl Centro, CA · 1,846 students
- Southwest HighMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1,195 students
- Southwest HighGreen Bay, WI · 1,025 students
Nearby schools
- Woodway Elementary School0.5 mi · 520
- Wedgwood Middle School0.5 mi · 701
- J T Stevens Elementary School0.7 mi · 361
- Bruce Shulkey Elementary School0.9 mi · 400
- Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Westcreek1.1 mi · 240
- Westcreek Elementary School1.3 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southwest High School?
Southwest High School enrolls approximately 1,155 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Southwest High School serve?
Southwest High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Southwest High School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Southwest High School.
How diverse is Southwest High School?
Southwest High School reports a student body of 8% White, 48% Hispanic, 37% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Southwest High School public or private?
Southwest High 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.