WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH

Set in FORT WORTH, Texas, WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH is a minimally staffed middle school, run under FORT WORTH ISD. It teaches 207 students across grade 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

Within FORT WORTH ISD, which oversees 136 schools and 70,612 students, WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 22.0%.

In the area at large, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH is one campus in the mix.

BRUCE SHULKEY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH. On composite proficiency, WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. WEDGWOOD 6TH GR SCH's enrollment has shrank 54% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 207). Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2024.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.