WOOD EL

WOOD EL is a reasonably sized elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD. The school caters to 732 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 519.

ARLINGTON ISD comprises 75 schools with combined enrollment of 53,394 students; WOOD EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WOOD EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 36% White, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WOOD EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 50.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household income runs about $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 WOOD EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ILTEXAS ARLINGTON EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WOOD EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WOOD EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.4%.

WOOD EL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 802 students in 2018 compared to 732 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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