WORTH HEIGHTS EL

As a modestly sized elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, WORTH HEIGHTS EL instructs 439 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.

Within FORT WORTH ISD, which oversees 136 schools and 70,612 students, WORTH HEIGHTS EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WORTH HEIGHTS EL logs that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WORTH HEIGHTS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 39.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) shows that median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), WORTH HEIGHTS EL is one campus in the mix.

TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY - FORT WORTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WORTH HEIGHTS EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 22.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WORTH HEIGHTS EL has shrank 32%, going from 645 students in 2018 to 439 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the WORTH HEIGHTS EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.