SPRING GARDEN EL

Located at 2400 CUMMINGS RD, in BEDFORD, Texas, SPRING GARDEN EL is a mid-tier elementary campus that works with 599 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD.

HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 23,262 students. SPRING GARDEN EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SPRING GARDEN EL reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, SPRING GARDEN EL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SPRING GARDEN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which SPRING GARDEN EL is one.

MEADOW CREEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPRING GARDEN EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 599 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 30% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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