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SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL

3409 STALCUP RD, FORT WORTH, TX 76119 · (817) 815-3900 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
406 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
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0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
47
Kindergarten
55
Grade 1
72
Grade 2
59
Grade 3
51
Grade 4
66
Grade 5
67
Student demographics
White
72%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
25862%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54%
Black
13833%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 13%
Asian
61%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6%
Two+
72%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
22353%
Female
19447%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
20.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +15.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
417
+30 (+8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.7:1
% White
2%
was 5%
% Hispanic
62%
was 41%
% Black
33%
was 52%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL

Located at 3409 STALCUP RD, in FORT WORTH, Texas, SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL is a low-enrollment K-5 school that serves 417 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under FORT WORTH ISD.

SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL is one of 136 schools operated by FORT WORTH ISD, a district that caters to 70,612 students overall.

Demographically, SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%; the rest comes out to 33% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) shows that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

J MARTIN JACQUET MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.7%.

SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 417). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 41% to 62%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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Tarrant County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL
District
FORT WORTH ISD
Address
3409 STALCUP RD, FORT WORTH, TX 76119
Phone
(817) 815-3900
County
Tarrant County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
417
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
406 (97%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
481970001917
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL
How large is SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL?
SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
Is SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL have?
SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL?
At SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 62% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL in?
SUNRISE - MCMILLAN EL is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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