WILLIAMS EL

WILLIAMS EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas, run under ARLINGTON ISD. The school caters to 577 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within ARLINGTON ISD, which oversees 75 schools and 53,394 students, WILLIAMS EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLIAMS EL logs that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 40% Black, 10% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WILLIAMS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIAMS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 42.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which WILLIAMS EL is one.

The closest other public school is VENTURE ALTER H S, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAMS EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAMS EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.1%.

WILLIAMS EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 30% to 40%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.