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How has WEST BIRDVILLE EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
665
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRDVILLE ISD·NCES 481023000506
West Birdville Elementary School
3001 LAYTON AVE, HALTOM CITY, TX 76117 · (817) 547-2500 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
573 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 87 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 West Birdville Elementary School
West Birdville Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Birdville Elementary School this school | 665 | 86.2% | 24.7% |
| IDEA Harlingen Academy HARLINGEN | 651 | 84.8% | 45.1% |
| IDEA Rio Vista Academy SOCORRO | 696 | 86.6% | 33.9% |
| Lauro Cavazos Elementary School ODESSA | 614 | 86.8% | 19.4% |
| IDEA Robindale Academy BROWNSVILLE | 699 | 88.0% | 40.5% |
| South Hills Elementary School FORT WORTH | 649 | 87.1% | 30.4% |
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 West Birdville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #4,071 of 4,401 | #291 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,921 of 4,466 ▲ 2,241 | #125 of 339 ▲ 187 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,008 of 4,466 ▲ 1,989 | #133 of 339 ▲ 153 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #635 of 3,998 | #39 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #1,154 of 4,938 | #53 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,879 of 4,622 | #238 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #3,777 of 4,628 | #327 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #1,460 of 4,789 | #109 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #2,168 of 2,838 | #191 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
665
-34 (-5%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 665 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 86% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 90% (616) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 89% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 91% (635) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 47.4 | 15.3:1 | 87% (630) |
| 2015-16 | 709 | 46 | 15.4:1 | 88% (627) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 46 | 14.7:1 | 91% (614) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 69% (488) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 30 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Birdville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (726 to 665); teachers down 9% (47.4 to 43).
About West Birdville Elementary School
West Birdville Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in HALTOM CITY, Texas. The school counts 665 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
BIRDVILLE ISD has 30 schools and 22,267 students, and West Birdville Elementary School is one of those schools.
West Birdville Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 89% Hispanic. The school is also 7% White. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Tarrant County residents. By the diversity index, West Birdville Elementary School comes in at 19%.
Its 43 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.5:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 86%. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
The allk12 Grade for West Birdville Elementary School is D. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, West Birdville Elementary School is 12.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 24.7%. Predicted: 36.9%.
Tarrant County has these Census figures: median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. West Birdville Elementary School is among the 639 public schools in Tarrant County.
The closest public school to West Birdville Elementary School is Haltom Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 33.6% proficiency; West Birdville Elementary School posts 24.7%.
Federal data place West Birdville Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 665 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 699.
Community posts for West Birdville Elementary School can cover 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 BIRDVILLE ISD
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Birdville High SchoolHigh · 2,069 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- Smithfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Other schools in HALTOM CITY
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Cheney Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- O H Stowe Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- David E Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- IDEA Achieve AcademyElementary · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Haltom Middle School0.5 mi · 909
- Riverside Applied Lrn Center0.8 mi · 202
- Bonnie Brae0.8 mi · 326
- David E Smith Elementary School1.2 mi · 640
- Springdale Elementary School1.2 mi · 393
- Natha Howell Elementary School1.4 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About West Birdville Elementary SchoolHow many students attend West Birdville Elementary School?
West Birdville Elementary School enrolls approximately 665 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does West Birdville Elementary School serve?
West Birdville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at West Birdville Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at West Birdville Elementary School.
How diverse is West Birdville Elementary School?
West Birdville Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 89% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is West Birdville Elementary School public or private?
West Birdville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.