Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001866
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School
501 MISSOURI AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76104 · (817) 815-2000 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Texas public elementary 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.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
350 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 88 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
55%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School this school | 366 | 95.6% | 20.5% |
| Peete Elementary School TYLER | 385 | 97.1% | 31.2% |
| Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 371 | 97.0% | 28.0% |
| Brook Avenue Elementary School WACO | 356 | 97.8% | 16.6% |
| Mitchell Boulevard Elementary School FORT WORTH | 338 | 93.5% | 36.3% |
| Roderick R Paige Elementary School HOUSTON | 393 | 97.2% | 32.0% |
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 Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #4,265 of 4,401 | #313 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,651 of 4,466 ▲ 638 | #261 of 339 ▲ 63 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,991 of 4,466 ▲ 254 | #291 of 339 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,544 of 3,998 | #188 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #3,761 of 4,938 | #295 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,371 of 4,622 | #90 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #1,958 of 4,628 | #232 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #424 of 4,789 | #17 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.5% | #204 of 2,838 | #13 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
366
+65 (+22%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 366 | 26.5 | 13.8:1 | 96% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 95% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 97% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 27 | 11.2:1 | 95% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 40.5 | 14.7:1 | 94% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 90% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 90% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 83% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 20 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (595 to 366); teachers down 35% (40.5 to 26.5).
About Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School is a small elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, (ZIP code 76104). Total enrollment is 366 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School is run by FORT WORTH ISD, whose 136 schools enroll 70,612 students.
More than half of the students at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School are Hispanic (52%). The remaining shares are 43% Black and 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Tarrant County's population at about 30%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School scores 55%.
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School has 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. At Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 33 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 4% of Texas public elementary schools.
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.5%) and its predicted rate (32.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Tarrant County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School among them.
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.5% against a local average of 51.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School as City: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 22% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.8:1) than in 2020-21 (11.2:1).
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School?
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School serve?
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School?
Student demographics at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 52% Hispanic, 43% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School in?
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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