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VERSIA WILLIAMS EL

901 BAURLINE ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76111 · (817) 814-9700 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
293 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
48
Kindergarten
45
Grade 1
44
Grade 2
34
Grade 3
41
Grade 4
52
Grade 5
43
Student demographics
White
52%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
27389%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54%
Black
237%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 13%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6%
Two+
52%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3%
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
15450%
Female
15350%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
25.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
19.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +10.0pp since 2020
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
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
307
-142 (-32%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.3:1
% White
2%
was 6%
% Hispanic
89%
was 80%
% Black
7%
was 12%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About VERSIA WILLIAMS EL

VERSIA WILLIAMS EL is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, part of FORT WORTH ISD, serveing 307 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools in total, collectively educating 70,612 students. VERSIA WILLIAMS EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, VERSIA WILLIAMS EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%); the rest comes out to 7% Black. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, VERSIA WILLIAMS EL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible 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 above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, VERSIA WILLIAMS EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.2%; VERSIA WILLIAMS EL posts 18.2%, -14.0 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), VERSIA WILLIAMS EL is one campus in the mix.

IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VERSIA WILLIAMS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VERSIA WILLIAMS EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 32%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 80% to 89%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the VERSIA WILLIAMS EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

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
VERSIA WILLIAMS EL
District
FORT WORTH ISD
Address
901 BAURLINE ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76111
Phone
(817) 814-9700
County
Tarrant County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
307
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
13.8:1
Free/Reduced lunch
293 (95%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
481970001922
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About VERSIA WILLIAMS EL
What is the total enrollment at VERSIA WILLIAMS EL?
VERSIA WILLIAMS EL enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does VERSIA WILLIAMS EL serve?
VERSIA WILLIAMS EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at VERSIA WILLIAMS EL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at VERSIA WILLIAMS EL.
What is the student diversity at VERSIA WILLIAMS EL?
Student demographics at VERSIA WILLIAMS EL are roughly 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is VERSIA WILLIAMS EL in?
VERSIA WILLIAMS EL is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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