SWIFT EL

SWIFT EL is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in ARLINGTON, Texas, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD, with 517 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Within ARLINGTON ISD, which oversees 75 schools and 53,394 students, SWIFT EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SWIFT EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 32% Black, 18% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, SWIFT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 30.2%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SWIFT EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

ARLINGTON H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 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 SWIFT EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. SWIFT EL's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 517). The Black share of enrollment expanded from 16% to 32% over that span.

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