WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL

Set in FORT WORTH, Texas, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL is an intimate elementary campus, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD. It serves 268 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

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

Demographically, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest reads as 5% Black. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) records that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL is one campus in the mix.

KIRKPATRICK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL has contracted 21%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025.

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