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How has WAVERLY PARK EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001926
Waverly Park Elementary School
3604 CIMARRON TR, FORT WORTH, TX 76116 · (817) 815-6700 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
490 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 109 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp 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 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
Schools most like Waverly Park Elementary School
Waverly Park Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly Park Elementary School this school | 639 | 76.7% | 31.3% |
| John C Webb Elementary School NAVASOTA | 648 | 75.8% | 33.6% |
| Reaves Elementary School CONROE | 672 | 79.2% | 56.8% |
| Harker Heights Elementary School HARKER HEIGHTS | 706 | 73.7% | 39.6% |
| Academy at Carrie F Thomas NORTH RICHLAND HILLS | 586 | 75.6% | 39.1% |
| Huntsville Elementary School HUNTSVILLE | 670 | 80.9% | 34.2% |
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 Waverly Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,553 of 4,401 | #233 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,100 of 4,466 ▲ 260 | #209 of 339 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,247 of 4,466 ▲ 333 | #228 of 339 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,314 of 3,998 | #94 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #1,329 of 4,938 | #74 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,024 of 4,622 | #155 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #1,052 of 4,628 | #142 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #2,172 of 4,789 | #159 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #1,893 of 2,838 | #164 of 242 |
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
639
-62 (-9%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 639 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 77% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 46.2 | 14.5:1 | 77% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 49.9 | 13.7:1 | 78% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 82% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 52.8 | 13.7:1 | 61% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 811 | 50 | 16.2:1 | 58% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 45 | 17.5:1 | 46% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 21% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 22 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waverly Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (724 to 639); teachers down 17% (52.8 to 44).
About Waverly Park Elementary School
Waverly Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, under FORT WORTH ISD. The school enrolls 639 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Waverly Park Elementary School is part of a district of 136 schools: FORT WORTH ISD, with 70,612 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Waverly Park Elementary School, with 51% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% White, 21% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 30% Hispanic. Waverly Park Elementary School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 44 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Roughly 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Tarrant County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
allk12 grades Waverly Park Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Waverly Park Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.3%; the prediction is 40.9%.
Waverly Park Elementary School is located in Tarrant County, where the median household income is $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Waverly Park Elementary School, Tarrant County has 638 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Leonard Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Waverly Park Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Waverly Park Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 62 fewer students in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 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
- Leonard Middle School0.4 mi · 568
- Western Hills High School0.6 mi · 854
- Western Hills Elementary School1.2 mi · 499
- IDEA Rise Academy1.2 mi · 681
- IDEA Rise College Preparatory1.2 mi · 598
- Western Hills Primary School1.2 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Waverly Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Waverly Park Elementary School?
Waverly Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 639 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Waverly Park Elementary School serve?
Waverly Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Waverly Park Elementary School have?
Waverly Park Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Waverly Park Elementary School?
Waverly Park Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 51% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Waverly Park Elementary School?
Waverly Park Elementary School is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.