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How has W R HATFIELD EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ISD·NCES 483318007876
W R Hatfield Elementary School
936 BLACKHORSE TRAIL, FORT WORTH, TX 76247 · (817) 215-0350 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
193 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 59 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 64.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 W R Hatfield Elementary School
W R Hatfield Elementary School's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W R Hatfield Elementary School this school | 756 | 25.5% | 45.1% |
| Snyder Elementary School SPRING | 859 | 25.1% | 65.5% |
| Benignus Elementary School KLEIN | 753 | 30.0% | 66.1% |
| Kolter Elementary School BELLAIRE | 771 | 23.6% | 80.5% |
| George B Dealey Montessori Academy DALLAS | 634 | 26.8% | 83.4% |
| Cheri Cox Elementary School SACHSE | 670 | 30.3% | 75.2% |
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 W R Hatfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,959 of 4,401 | #83 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,787 of 4,466 ▲ 381 | #70 of 138 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,856 of 4,466 ▲ 772 | #85 of 138 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,884 of 3,998 | #51 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 756 | #610 of 4,938 | #12 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,525 of 4,622 | #104 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #161 of 4,628 | #18 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #4,319 of 4,789 | #90 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +49.7% | #106 of 1,307 | #3 of 48 |
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
756
+347 (+85%) vs 2020
+72% since 2000-01, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 756 | 50.2 | 15.1:1 | 26% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 706 | 46.2 | 15.3:1 | 27% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 40.1 | 15.3:1 | 29% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 34 | 12.0:1 | 17% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 35.8 | 14.1:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 31% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 44% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 23% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W R Hatfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 50% (505 to 756); teachers up 40% (35.8 to 50.2).
About W R Hatfield Elementary School
W R Hatfield Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas. Federal data show 756 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 46% bigger than average.
The district, NORTHWEST ISD, has 32,098 students enrolled across 37 schools.
At W R Hatfield Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 37%. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Denton County, the White share is about 57%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
W R Hatfield Elementary School has 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%. The rate at public schools in Denton County averages 35%, higher than here.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 62.8%. W R Hatfield Elementary School posts 45.1%, 17.7 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Denton County, the median household earns about $111,498 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting W R Hatfield Elementary School, Denton County has 267 public schools.
Clara Love Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. W R Hatfield Elementary School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around W R Hatfield Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment figures are 409 for 2020-21 and 756 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.0:1 to 15.1:1.
This page is set up for the W R Hatfield Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTHWEST ISD
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Byron Nelson High SchoolHigh · 2,969 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 2,672 students
- Cw Worthington Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,201 students
- Gene Pike Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
- Medlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,109 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Clara Love Elementary School1.1 mi · 648
- Gene Pike Middle School1.3 mi · 1,137
- Alan and Andra Perrin Elementary School1.3 mi · 565
- Northwest High School1.5 mi · 2,672
- J C Thompson Elementary School3.1 mi · 726
- Truett Wilson Middle School4.0 mi · 941
Frequently asked questions
About W R Hatfield Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at W R Hatfield Elementary School?
W R Hatfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 756 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does W R Hatfield Elementary School serve?
W R Hatfield Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at W R Hatfield Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at W R Hatfield Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W R Hatfield Elementary School?
At W R Hatfield Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is W R Hatfield Elementary School public or private?
W R Hatfield Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTHWEST ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.