VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL

Located at 501 MISSOURI AVE, in FORT WORTH, Texas, VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL is an intimate primary school that enrolls 366 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under FORT WORTH ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 136 schools in FORT WORTH ISD (70,612 students total), VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 43% Black, 4% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 20.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) reports that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL is one.

The closest other public school is TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VAN ZANDT-GUINN EL has ticked down 38%, going from 595 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 33% to 52% over that span.

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