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WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE
Set in FORT WORTH, Texas, WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE is an intimate senior high, run under FORT WORTH ISD. It serves 520 students across grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 35% below typical.
Across the 136 schools in FORT WORTH ISD (70,612 students total), WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE logs that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.6%; this one delivers 44.9%.
Around the school, Tarrant County reports that 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. WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
The closest other public school is LUELLA MERRETT EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 32.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WORLD LANGUAGES INSTITUTE has expanded 63%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 520 in 2025.
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