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Fort Worth Independent School District

This district's rating is based on its schools' test results; 10 is best. Learn more >

100 N University Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Tarrant County
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PH: (817) 871-2000
FAX: (817) 871-2112

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Grades PK-12
78,680 students
141 schools

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TAKS Results

Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 3

Reading

85% (2009)

86% (2008)

88% (2007)

90% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 89% in 2009.

Math

72% (2009)

70% (2008)

70% (2007)

73% (2006)
The state average for Math was 84% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 4

Reading

73% (2009)

71% (2008)

73% (2007)

74% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 84% in 2009.

Writing

84% (2009)

85% (2008)

87% (2007)

87% (2006)
The state average for Writing was 91% in 2009.

Math

76% (2009)

72% (2008)

74% (2007)

76% (2006)
The state average for Math was 86% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 5

Reading

81% (2009)

82% (2008)

82% (2007)

82% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 83% in 2009.

Science

78% (2009)

68% (2008)

66% (2007)

66% (2006)
The state average for Science was 84% in 2009.

Math

81% (2009)

80% (2008)

83% (2007)

85% (2006)
The state average for Math was 84% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 6

Reading

83% (2009)

84% (2008)

87% (2007)

86% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 91% in 2009.

Math

65% (2009)

65% (2008)

62% (2007)

66% (2006)
The state average for Math was 80% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 7

Reading

74% (2009)

75% (2008)

76% (2007)

69% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 84% in 2009.

Writing

86% (2009)

81% (2008)

87% (2007)

82% (2006)
The state average for Writing was 93% in 2009.

Math

62% (2009)

57% (2008)

59% (2007)

56% (2006)
The state average for Math was 79% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 8

Reading

91% (2009)

89% (2008)

81% (2007)

73% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 87% in 2009.

Social Studies

86% (2009)

82% (2008)

77% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 92% in 2009.

Science

55% (2009)

50% (2008)

51% (2007)

53% (2006)
The state average for Science was 72% in 2009.

Math

72% (2009)

68% (2008)

54% (2007)

50% (2006)
The state average for Math was 67% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 9

Reading

80% (2009)

73% (2008)

77% (2007)

80% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 93% in 2009.

Math

53% (2009)

44% (2008)

45% (2007)

42% (2006)
The state average for Math was 79% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 10

Social Studies

83% (2009)

79% (2008)

78% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 90% in 2009.

Science

50% (2009)

47% (2008)

41% (2007)

47% (2006)
The state average for Science was 66% in 2009.

English Language Arts

78% (2009)

78% (2008)

75% (2007)

78% (2006)
The state average for English Language Arts was 88% in 2009.

Math

48% (2009)

47% (2008)

48% (2007)

51% (2006)
The state average for Math was 65% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 11

Social Studies

94% (2009)

89% (2008)

89% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 97% in 2009.

Science

75% (2009)

67% (2008)

64% (2007)

64% (2006)
The state average for Science was 85% in 2009.

English Language Arts

86% (2009)

82% (2008)

83% (2007)

83% (2006)
The state average for English Language Arts was 92% in 2009.

Math

70% (2009)

65% (2008)

70% (2007)

68% (2006)
The state average for Math was 81% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the tests

In 2008-2009, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was used to test students in reading in grades 3 through 9; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in English language arts in grades 10 and 11; in mathematics in grades 3 through 11; in science in grades 5, 8, 10 and 11; and in social studies in grades 8, 10 and 11.
TAKS is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Texas.
The grade 11 Exit Level TAKS is a high school graduation requirement.
The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

See Texas' state standards

Compare all elementary, middle and high schools in this district

TAKS Results By Subgroup

The test results by subgroup show how the designated group of students is performing in comparison to the general population

Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 3

Reading	This District
All Students	85%
Female	88%
Male	83%
African American	79%
Asian	92%
Hispanic	86%
Native American	100%
White	95%
Economically disadvantaged	82%
Not economically disadvantaged	95%
Special education	60%
Not special education	87%
Limited English proficient	84%
Not limited English proficient	86%
Migrant	100%
Non-migrant	85%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	72%
Female	73%
Male	72%
African American	59%
Asian	95%
Hispanic	74%
Native American	95%
White	87%
Economically disadvantaged	69%
Not economically disadvantaged	83%
Special education	49%
Not special education	74%
Limited English proficient	74%
Not limited English proficient	71%
Migrant	80%
Non-migrant	72%
Gifted/talented	99%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 4

Reading	This District
All Students	73%
Female	77%
Male	69%
African American	67%
Asian	92%
Hispanic	71%
Native American	88%
White	89%
Economically disadvantaged	70%
Not economically disadvantaged	86%
Special education	31%
Not special education	75%
Limited English proficient	66%
Not limited English proficient	75%
Migrant	60%
Non-migrant	73%
Gifted/talented	99%

Writing	This District
All Students	84%
Female	89%
Male	78%
African American	81%
Asian	97%
Hispanic	83%
Native American	87%
White	90%
Economically disadvantaged	82%
Not economically disadvantaged	92%
Special education	41%
Not special education	86%
Limited English proficient	80%
Not limited English proficient	85%
Non-migrant	84%
Gifted/talented	98%

Math	This District
All Students	76%
Female	77%
Male	76%
African American	66%
Asian	95%
Hispanic	77%
Native American	94%
White	88%
Economically disadvantaged	74%
Not economically disadvantaged	86%
Special education	38%
Not special education	78%
Limited English proficient	75%
Not limited English proficient	75%
Migrant	60%
Non-migrant	76%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 5

Reading	This District
All Students	81%
Female	83%
Male	79%
African American	76%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	80%
Native American	77%
White	93%
Economically disadvantaged	78%
Not economically disadvantaged	92%
Special education	35%
Not special education	84%
Limited English proficient	50%
Not limited English proficient	83%
Migrant	70%
Non-migrant	81%
Gifted/talented	99%

Science	This District
All Students	78%
Female	75%
Male	81%
African American	70%
Asian	90%
Hispanic	77%
Native American	69%
White	94%
Economically disadvantaged	75%
Not economically disadvantaged	89%
Special education	48%
Not special education	80%
Limited English proficient	50%
Not limited English proficient	80%
Migrant	75%
Non-migrant	78%
Gifted/talented	98%

Math	This District
All Students	81%
Female	81%
Male	81%
African American	72%
Asian	91%
Hispanic	82%
Native American	67%
White	91%
Economically disadvantaged	79%
Not economically disadvantaged	90%
Special education	39%
Not special education	84%
Limited English proficient	61%
Not limited English proficient	81%
Migrant	50%
Non-migrant	81%
Gifted/talented	99%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 6

Reading	This District
All Students	83%
Female	85%
Male	81%
African American	78%
Asian	95%
Hispanic	82%
Native American	87%
White	94%
Economically disadvantaged	80%
Not economically disadvantaged	91%
Special education	44%
Not special education	86%
Limited English proficient	55%
Not limited English proficient	86%
Non-migrant	83%
Gifted/talented	99%

Math	This District
All Students	65%
Female	66%
Male	63%
African American	54%
Asian	85%
Hispanic	65%
Native American	67%
White	82%
Economically disadvantaged	62%
Not economically disadvantaged	75%
Special education	22%
Not special education	68%
Limited English proficient	40%
Not limited English proficient	67%
Non-migrant	65%
Gifted/talented	96%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 7

Reading	This District
All Students	74%
Female	79%
Male	70%
African American	66%
Asian	86%
Hispanic	74%
Native American	78%
White	89%
Economically disadvantaged	71%
Not economically disadvantaged	84%
Special education	19%
Not special education	79%
Limited English proficient	30%
Not limited English proficient	80%
Migrant	60%
Non-migrant	74%
Gifted/talented	99%

Writing	This District
All Students	86%
Female	92%
Male	80%
African American	81%
Asian	92%
Hispanic	87%
Native American	100%
White	92%
Economically disadvantaged	85%
Not economically disadvantaged	90%
Special education	36%
Not special education	90%
Limited English proficient	54%
Not limited English proficient	90%
Non-migrant	86%
Gifted/talented	99%

Math	This District
All Students	62%
Female	64%
Male	61%
African American	49%
Asian	86%
Hispanic	64%
Native American	44%
White	80%
Economically disadvantaged	59%
Not economically disadvantaged	71%
Special education	14%
Not special education	66%
Limited English proficient	32%
Not limited English proficient	66%
Migrant	40%
Non-migrant	62%
Gifted/talented	96%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 8

Reading	This District
All Students	91%
Female	93%
Male	88%
African American	88%
Asian	95%
Hispanic	91%
Native American	100%
White	96%
Economically disadvantaged	89%
Not economically disadvantaged	95%
Special education	50%
Not special education	94%
Limited English proficient	59%
Not limited English proficient	94%
Non-migrant	91%
Gifted/talented	100%

Social Studies	This District
All Students	86%
Female	88%
Male	83%
African American	82%
Asian	97%
Hispanic	86%
Native American	100%
White	93%
Economically disadvantaged	84%
Not economically disadvantaged	91%
Special education	49%
Not special education	89%
Limited English proficient	61%
Not limited English proficient	89%
Non-migrant	86%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	55%
Female	53%
Male	57%
African American	45%
Asian	74%
Hispanic	53%
Native American	43%
White	79%
Economically disadvantaged	50%
Not economically disadvantaged	68%
Special education	12%
Not special education	58%
Limited English proficient	15%
Not limited English proficient	59%
Non-migrant	55%
Gifted/talented	94%

Math	This District
All Students	72%
Female	74%
Male	70%
African American	59%
Asian	86%
Hispanic	75%
Native American	86%
White	84%
Economically disadvantaged	70%
Not economically disadvantaged	79%
Special education	22%
Not special education	76%
Limited English proficient	44%
Not limited English proficient	75%
Non-migrant	72%
Gifted/talented	98%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 9

Reading	This District
All Students	80%
Female	84%
Male	75%
African American	73%
Asian	87%
Hispanic	80%
Native American	83%
White	90%
Economically disadvantaged	76%
Not economically disadvantaged	86%
Special education	30%
Not special education	84%
Limited English proficient	36%
Not limited English proficient	84%
Non-migrant	80%
Gifted/talented	98%

Math	This District
All Students	53%
Female	55%
Male	51%
African American	38%
Asian	76%
Hispanic	53%
Native American	54%
White	76%
Economically disadvantaged	49%
Not economically disadvantaged	61%
Special education	10%
Not special education	57%
Limited English proficient	20%
Not limited English proficient	57%
Non-migrant	53%
Gifted/talented	88%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 10

Social Studies	This District
All Students	83%
Female	83%
Male	84%
African American	77%
Asian	94%
Hispanic	82%
Native American	89%
White	94%
Economically disadvantaged	81%
Not economically disadvantaged	87%
Special education	37%
Not special education	86%
Limited English proficient	51%
Not limited English proficient	87%
Non-migrant	83%
Gifted/talented	98%

Science	This District
All Students	50%
Female	48%
Male	52%
African American	37%
Asian	70%
Hispanic	47%
Native American	67%
White	77%
Economically disadvantaged	44%
Not economically disadvantaged	60%
Special education	9%
Not special education	53%
Limited English proficient	13%
Not limited English proficient	56%
Non-migrant	50%
Gifted/talented	85%

English Language Arts	This District
All Students	78%
Female	83%
Male	74%
African American	73%
Asian	85%
Hispanic	76%
Native American	89%
White	91%
Economically disadvantaged	75%
Not economically disadvantaged	84%
Special education	22%
Not special education	82%
Limited English proficient	34%
Not limited English proficient	84%
Non-migrant	78%
Gifted/talented	97%

Math	This District
All Students	48%
Female	49%
Male	48%
African American	34%
Asian	72%
Hispanic	46%
Native American	67%
White	72%
Economically disadvantaged	44%
Not economically disadvantaged	55%
Special education	7%
Not special education	51%
Limited English proficient	17%
Not limited English proficient	52%
Non-migrant	48%
Gifted/talented	85%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 11

Social Studies	This District
All Students	94%
Female	94%
Male	94%
African American	91%
Asian	98%
Hispanic	94%
Native American	100%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	93%
Not economically disadvantaged	96%
Special education	60%
Not special education	96%
Limited English proficient	73%
Not limited English proficient	96%
Non-migrant	94%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	75%
Female	74%
Male	76%
African American	64%
Asian	91%
Hispanic	73%
Native American	75%
White	95%
Economically disadvantaged	70%
Not economically disadvantaged	81%
Special education	24%
Not special education	78%
Limited English proficient	40%
Not limited English proficient	79%
Non-migrant	75%
Gifted/talented	96%

English Language Arts	This District
All Students	86%
Female	89%
Male	82%
African American	80%
Asian	91%
Hispanic	85%
Native American	100%
White	96%
Economically disadvantaged	82%
Not economically disadvantaged	90%
Special education	34%
Not special education	89%
Limited English proficient	41%
Not limited English proficient	90%
Non-migrant	86%
Gifted/talented	99%

Math	This District
All Students	70%
Female	70%
Male	69%
African American	56%
Asian	88%
Hispanic	69%
Native American	78%
White	89%
Economically disadvantaged	66%
Not economically disadvantaged	75%
Special education	14%
Not special education	73%
Limited English proficient	37%
Not limited English proficient	74%
Non-migrant	70%
Gifted/talented	95%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the Tests

In 2008-2009, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was used to test students in reading in grades 3 through 9; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in English language arts in grades 10 and 11; in mathematics in grades 3 through 11; in science in grades 5, 8, 10 and 11; and in social studies in grades 8, 10 and 11.
TAKS is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Texas.
The different student groups are identified by the Texas Education Agency; if there are a small number of students in a particular group, the state doesn't report data for that group.
The grade 11 Exit Level TAKS is a high school graduation requirement.
The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

See Texas' state standards

Accountability Rating

In 2008-2009 this district was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. In 2007-2008, this district was rated "Academically Acceptable". In 2006-2007, this district was rated "Academically Acceptable".

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the Accountability Ratings

Texas uses Accountability Ratings to indicate the overall performance of each school and district.
The ratings are based on TAKS test results, dropout rates for grades 7 and 8 and school completion rates for grades 9 through 12.
Schools and districts rated under standard accountability procedures are designated as Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable or Academically Unacceptable.
Schools and districts rated under alternative education accountability (AEA) procedures are designated as either AEA: Academically Acceptable or AEA: Academically Unacceptable.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

Compare all elementary, middle and high schools in this district

Gold Performance Acknowledgments

In 2007-2008 this district was not acknowledged by the Texas Education Agency for any indicators.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008

About the GPA

Texas uses the Gold Performance Acknowledgments (GPA) to recognize schools and districts for performance on a range of indicators including, among others, test results in specific subject areas, college admission test results and attendance rates.
To be considered for the GPA, schools must have an Accountability Rating of "Academically Acceptable" or higher and must meet the acknowledgment criteria for one or more of the indicators. For example, to receive a GPA for attendance, Academically Acceptable high schools must meet the state's minimum acknowledgment threshold of 95% attendance rate.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

ACT Results

Composite

	This District¹	State Average¹	National Average²
Graduating class of 2006	19	20	21
Graduating class of 2005	18	20	21
Graduating class of 2004	19	20	21

¹Source: TX Education Agency
²Source: ACT

About the Tests

The ACT is a national college admission and placement examination.
ACT scores range from a low of 1 to a high of 36. The composite score is an average of the English, math, reading and science scores.

More about the tests

Teachers

Teacher Experience

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Beginning teachers	9%	8%
1 to 5 years	31%	30%
6 to 10 years	23%	20%
11 to 20 years	19%	23%
21 or more years	18%	19%

Teacher Experience and Credentials: Issues to Consider >

Average Class Size

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Kindergarten	20	19
Grade 1	19	19
Grade 2	19	19
Grade 3	18	19
Grade 4	18	20
Grade 5	22	22
Grade 6	23	21
Mixed grade (elementary and middle)	n/a	22
English (middle and high school)	22	20
Foreign language (middle and high school)	22	21
Math (middle and high school)	22	20
Science (middle and high school)	23	21
Social Studies (middle and high school)	24	22

How Important is Class Size? >

Students

Student Ethnicity

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
Ethnicity	This District	State Average
Hispanic	58%	47%
Black	26%	14%
White	14%	35%
Asian or Pacific Islander	2%	3%
Native American	<1%	<1%

How Important is Cultural Diversity at Your School? >

Student Subgroups

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Economically disadvantaged	69%	55%
Special education	8%	10%
Gifted/talented students	10%	8%
Limited English proficient	28%	17%

The Achievement Gap: Is Your School Helping All Students? >

Spending Per Pupil

		This District	State Average
Total per pupil expenditures		$7,715	$7,733

Source: NCES, 2006-2007
Breakdown By Expenditure
Instructional	56%	60%
Support services	14%	10%
School leadership	10%	11%
Other expenditures	20%	19%

School Finance: Issues to Consider >