WESTERN HILLS H S

WESTERN HILLS H S is one of the mid-tier four-year high schools in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by FORT WORTH ISD, with 854 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

WESTERN HILLS H S is one of 136 schools operated by FORT WORTH ISD, a district that enrolls 70,612 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WESTERN HILLS H S records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 33% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WESTERN HILLS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 27.5%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household income runs about $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), WESTERN HILLS H S is one campus in the mix.

WAVERLY PARK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTERN HILLS H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WESTERN HILLS H S ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. WESTERN HILLS H S's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 918 (now 854). Over the same period, the White share declined from 20% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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