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How has VIRIDIAN EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
845
Elementary
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD·NCES 482406012960
Viridian Elementary School
4001 CASCADE SKY DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76005 · (817) 864-0550 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL845 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
170 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 69 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (93).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
86.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
78.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 67.0% | 19.0% | 10.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 54.0% | 24.0% | 15.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 86.0% | 78.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
| 2020-21 | 63.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% 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 Viridian Elementary School
Viridian Elementary School's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viridian Elementary School this school | 845 | 20.1% | 77.6% |
| Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School KATY | 935 | 26.4% | 77.1% |
| Roberts Elementary School HOUSTON | 721 | 17.6% | 82.0% |
| Don Whitt Elementary School SACHSE | 728 | 17.6% | 84.3% |
| Bonnie Holland Elementary School KATY | 784 | 27.8% | 75.0% |
| Roosevelt Alexander Elementary School KATY | 968 | 25.3% | 78.3% |
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 Viridian Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #132 of 4,401 | #7 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #184 of 4,466 ▼ 19 | #13 of 339 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #94 of 4,466 ▼ 23 | #10 of 339 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,625 of 3,998 | #196 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 845 | #314 of 4,938 | #10 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #4,136 of 4,622 | #321 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #146 of 4,628 | #29 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #4,429 of 4,789 | #324 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #791 of 1,307 | #34 of 72 |
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
845
+230 (+37%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 845 | 47.8 | 17.7:1 | 20% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 837 | 45.9 | 18.3:1 | 23% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 41.1 | 17.3:1 | 24% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 19% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 46.5 | 16.7:1 | 29% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 30% (189) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Viridian Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (774 to 845); teachers up 3% (46.5 to 47.8).
About Viridian Elementary School
Viridian Elementary School is a large elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 845 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Besides Viridian Elementary School, HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD runs 30 other schools. The district enrolls 23,262 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Viridian Elementary School is Asian (39%). The remaining students are 22% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Tarrant County is about 6% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Viridian Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
Teacher staffing is 47.8 full-time equivalents, or about 17.7 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 20% of students, or 170, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.1% at Viridian Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.6%.
Across Tarrant County, median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Viridian Elementary School is among the 639 public schools in Tarrant County.
Of nearby public schools, Sherrod Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 44.0%, lower than Viridian Elementary School's 77.6%.
Under the NCES locale system, Viridian Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment was 615 in 2020-21 and 845 in 2024-25, a increase of 230 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.0:1 to 17.7:1.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD
- Trinity High SchoolHigh · 2,734 students
- Bell High SchoolHigh · 2,411 students
- Euless Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
- Central Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Harwood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Bedford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 968 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Sherrod Elementary School1.5 mi · 475
- Treetops School International1.6 mi · 343
- Ellis Elementary School1.7 mi · 753
- Trinity Leadership1.9 mi · 990
- Oakwood Terrace Elementary School1.9 mi · 777
- Harmony Science Academy - Euless2.0 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About Viridian Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Viridian Elementary School?
Viridian Elementary School enrolls approximately 845 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Viridian Elementary School serve?
Viridian Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Viridian Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Viridian Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Viridian Elementary School?
Student demographics at Viridian Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 39% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Viridian Elementary School?
Viridian Elementary School is overseen by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.