W A PORTER EL

Located at 2750 PRESTONDALE DR, in HURST, Texas, W A PORTER EL is a moderately sized elementary-level community that hosts 538 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD.

W A PORTER EL is one of 30 schools operated by BIRDVILLE ISD, a district that hosts 22,267 students overall.

In terms of who attends, W A PORTER EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, W A PORTER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.5%, the actual is 65.4%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Tarrant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 W A PORTER EL is one.

The closest other public school is BIRDVILLE H S, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W A PORTER EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.8%.

W A PORTER EL operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 15% to 20%.

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