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What's the one class at WESTERN HILLS EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001931
Western Hills Elementary School
2805 LAREDO DR, FORT WORTH, TX 76116 · (817) 815-6800 · Tarrant County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- A-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
15.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
487 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 121 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 22% |
Student demographics
55%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FORT WORTH ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% | 51.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 12.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Western Hills Elementary School
Western Hills Elementary School's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hills Elementary School this school | 499 | 97.6% | 15.8% |
| Milne Elementary School HOUSTON | 498 | 95.6% | 25.9% |
| Umphrey Lee Elementary School DALLAS | 447 | 97.8% | 37.5% |
| Maple Lawn Elementary School DALLAS | 511 | 95.1% | 44.1% |
| Foerster Elementary School HOUSTON | 531 | 98.9% | 25.4% |
| Hobby Elementary School HOUSTON | 447 | 97.1% | 37.3% |
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 Western Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #4,357 of 4,401 | #326 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,107 of 4,466 ▲ 187 | #306 of 339 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,922 of 4,466 ▲ 436 | #285 of 339 ▲ 45 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #605 of 3,998 | #37 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #2,559 of 4,938 | #175 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,872 of 4,622 | #236 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #1,898 of 4,628 | #224 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #227 of 4,789 | #4 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.3% | #166 of 2,838 | #11 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
499
-157 (-24%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 499 | 32.3 | 15.5:1 | 98% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 90% (498) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 97% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 98% (645) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 49.3 | 17.0:1 | 92% (770) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 48 | 17.3:1 | 84% (697) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 41 | 19.6:1 | 87% (695) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 61% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 33 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (836 to 499); teachers down 35% (49.3 to 32.3).
About Western Hills Elementary School
Western Hills Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in FORT WORTH, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 499 students in grades 2 through 5.
Western Hills Elementary School is one school in FORT WORTH ISD, a system of 136 schools with 70,612 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Western Hills Elementary School, with 54% of enrollment. Other groups make up 39% Black, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Western Hills Elementary School counts 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.5 students for each one. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 98% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
Western Hills Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Western Hills Elementary School is 16.2 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Texas.
Tarrant County census figures show that the median household income is $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 639 public schools in Tarrant County, enrolling about 385,835 students in all.
The closest other public school is Western Hills Primary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Western Hills Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 24% from its 2020-21 level of 656. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.3:1 to 15.5:1.
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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
Other Western Hills Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Western Hills Elementary. Western Hills Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Western Hills Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 436 students
- Western Hills Elementary SchoolTEMPLE, TX · 417 students
- Western Hills Elementary SchoolWest Des Moines, IA · 570 students
- WESTERN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCK, AR · 202 students
Nearby schools
- Western Hills Primary School0.2 mi · 393
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - West0.3 mi · 441
- IDEA Rise Academy0.7 mi · 681
- IDEA Rise College Preparatory0.7 mi · 598
- Fine Arts Academy0.7 mi · 274
- Brewer Middle School1.1 mi · 1,500
Frequently asked questions
About Western Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Western Hills Elementary School?
Western Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 02-05.
Is Western Hills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Western Hills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many students per teacher at Western Hills Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Western Hills Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Western Hills Elementary School?
Student demographics at Western Hills Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 54% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Western Hills Elementary School public or private?
Western Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.