Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001925
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL
3215 N HOUSTON ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76106 · (817) 815-0700 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
255 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
268
-72 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.0:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
93%
was 90%
% Black
5%
was 8%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
In the discussion threads here, members of the WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 FORT WORTH ISD
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
- TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H SHigh · 1,924 students
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS H SHigh · 1,898 students
- SOUTH HILLS H SHigh · 1,846 students
- NORTH SIDE H SHigh · 1,676 students
- O D WYATT H SHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- TIMBER CREEK H SHigh · 2,970 students
- NORTH CROWLEY H SHigh · 2,936 students
- BOSWELL H SHigh · 2,445 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL H SHigh · 2,258 students
- PASCHAL H SHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- KIRKPATRICK MIDDLE0.3 mi · 485
- KIRKPATRICK EL0.4 mi · 296
- HELBING EL0.8 mi · 369
- DOLORES HUERTA EL1.0 mi · 443
- DIAMOND HILL-JARVIS H S1.0 mi · 877
- SAM ROSEN EL1.1 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ELHow large is WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL?
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL enrolls approximately 268 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL serve?
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL have?
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL?
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL reports a student body of 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL in?
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EL is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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