W R HATFIELD EL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, W R HATFIELD EL educates 756 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NORTHWEST ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 46% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within NORTHWEST ISD, which oversees 37 schools and 32,098 students, W R HATFIELD EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, W R HATFIELD EL lists that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, W R HATFIELD EL shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, W R HATFIELD EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.7%; actual is 46.4%, a gap of -16.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Denton County put median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), W R HATFIELD EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLARA LOVE EL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, W R HATFIELD EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

W R HATFIELD EL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W R HATFIELD EL has increased 50%, going from 505 students in 2018 to 756 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 62% to 37% over that span.

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