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Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001918
Tanglewood Elementary School
3060 OVERTON PARK W, FORT WORTH, TX 76109 · (817) 814-5900 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
18.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
112 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 | 51 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
53%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
87.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 65.0% | 22.0% | 7.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 51.0% | 25.0% | 16.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 87.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 91.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 75.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Tanglewood Elementary School
Tanglewood Elementary School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanglewood Elementary School this school | 575 | 19.5% | 75.2% |
| Arapaho Classical Magnet RICHARDSON | 615 | 18.7% | 74.9% |
| Dolores McClatchey Elementary School OVILLA | 605 | 16.4% | 61.3% |
| Eagle Mountain Elementary School FORT WORTH | 554 | 18.6% | 55.0% |
| W A Porter Elementary School HURST | 538 | 16.9% | 66.8% |
| Lakewood Elementary School BELTON | 572 | 18.7% | 65.5% |
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 Tanglewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #186 of 4,401 | #11 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #235 of 4,466 ▼ 42 | #18 of 339 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #74 of 4,466 ▲ 25 | #6 of 339 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,656 of 3,998 | #123 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #1,806 of 4,938 | #113 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #4,292 of 4,622 | #332 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #2,160 of 4,628 | #245 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #4,445 of 4,789 | #325 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #324 of 2,838 | #26 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
575
+147 (+34%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 575 | 31.2 | 18.4:1 | 19% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 32.5 | 17.1:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 30.5 | 16.7:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 875 | 48 | 18.2:1 | 6% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | 41 | 19.6:1 | 6% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 35 | 19.8:1 | 7% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tanglewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (875 to 575); teachers down 35% (48 to 31.2).
About Tanglewood Elementary School
Tanglewood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in FORT WORTH, Texas. The school has 575 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
FORT WORTH ISD operates 136 schools. Combined enrollment is 70,612 students.
At Tanglewood Elementary School, 66% of students are White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Tarrant County is roughly 48% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tanglewood Elementary School scores 53%.
The school has 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.4 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Of all students at Tanglewood Elementary School, 19% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Tarrant County average 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tanglewood Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Tanglewood Elementary School, the prediction is 65.4% and the result is 75.2%.
The county, Tarrant County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 639, with about 385,835 students.
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Elementary School sits about 1.1 miles from Tanglewood Elementary School. Tanglewood Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Tanglewood Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 575, compared with 428 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 18.4 in 2024-25.
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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
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- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
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- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
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- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
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Other Tanglewood Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Tanglewood Elementary. Tanglewood Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 687 students
- Tanglewood Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 622 students
- Tanglewood ElemDerby, KS · 607 students
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY · 425 students
- Tanglewood ElementaryLumberton, NC · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Elementary School1.1 mi · 255
- Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts1.1 mi · 415
- Overton Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 510
- Alice Carlson Applied Lrn Center1.3 mi · 379
- McLean 6th Grade1.4 mi · 388
- McLean Middle School1.4 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Tanglewood Elementary SchoolHow large is Tanglewood Elementary School?
Tanglewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tanglewood Elementary School serve?
Tanglewood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tanglewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tanglewood Elementary School is approximately 18.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tanglewood Elementary School?
Tanglewood Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Tanglewood Elementary School in?
Tanglewood Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.