WILSHIRE EL

WILSHIRE EL is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in EULESS, Texas, overseen by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, hosting 681 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

WILSHIRE EL is one of 31 schools operated by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, a district that instructs 23,262 students overall.

On demographics, WILSHIRE EL records that the most-represented group is Black (26%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 23% White, 16% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WILSHIRE EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, WILSHIRE EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 68.3%, a residual of +22.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Tarrant County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which WILSHIRE EL is one.

The closest other public school is HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION- EULESS, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WILSHIRE EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. WILSHIRE EL's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 756 (now 681). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 19% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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