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Alumni: what's one memory from WORTH HEIGHTS EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001934
Worth Heights Elementary School
519 E BUTLER ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76110 · (817) 814-6200 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
390 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 38.0% | 18.0% | 17.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 37.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Worth Heights Elementary School
Worth Heights Elementary School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Heights Elementary School this school | 439 | 88.8% | 41.4% |
| Hull Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 441 | 89.3% | 28.6% |
| Allen Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 442 | 88.9% | 32.8% |
| Central Elementary School CARROLLTON | 455 | 87.9% | 30.8% |
| Fields Elementary School MCALLEN | 443 | 89.6% | 44.3% |
| Matthys Elementary School SOUTH HOUSTON | 457 | 89.7% | 37.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Worth Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #2,414 of 4,401 | #141 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #641 of 4,466 ▲ 496 | #39 of 339 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,257 of 4,466 ▲ 756 | #149 of 339 ▲ 50 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,522 of 3,998 | #109 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #3,131 of 4,938 | #239 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #911 of 4,622 | #61 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.8% | #4,038 of 4,628 | #336 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #1,197 of 4,789 | #94 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #415 of 2,838 | #36 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
439
-82 (-16%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 439 | 33.4 | 13.2:1 | 89% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 92% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 94% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 94% (492) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 37.1 | 17.4:1 | 90% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 91% (638) |
| 2010-11 | 824 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 90% (745) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 42 | 18.6:1 | 83% (650) |
| 1990-91 | 757 | 35 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Worth Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (645 to 439); teachers down 10% (37.1 to 33.4).
About Worth Heights Elementary School
Worth Heights Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of FORT WORTH, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 439 students enrolled.
The district, FORT WORTH ISD, has 70,612 students enrolled across 136 schools.
The share of students at Worth Heights Elementary School who are Hispanic is 94%. The remaining students are 3% White. Among people living in Tarrant County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Teacher count: 33.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.2:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Roughly 89% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 26 points.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Worth Heights Elementary School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In Texas, Worth Heights Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.4% actual against a predicted 35.8%.
Census data for Tarrant County show the median household earns about $84,207 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Worth Heights Elementary School, Tarrant County has 639 public schools.
The closest school to Worth Heights Elementary School is Trinity Basin Preparatory - Fort Worth, located about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Worth Heights Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Worth Heights Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Worth Heights Elementary School as City: Large.
In 2020-21, Worth Heights Elementary School enrolled 521 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 439. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.5:1 to 13.2:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Worth Heights Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - Fort Worth0.5 mi · 2,020
- Academy of Visual and Performing Arts0.6 mi · 146
- Richard J Wilson Elementary School0.8 mi · 508
- Carter Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 445
- George Clarke Elementary School1.1 mi · 388
- Morningside Middle School1.3 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Worth Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Worth Heights Elementary School?
Worth Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
Is Worth Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Worth Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Worth Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Worth Heights Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Worth Heights Elementary School?
At Worth Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Worth Heights Elementary School in?
Worth Heights Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.