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Carter-Riverside High School

Public Grades 9-12

1712^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 13% of Texas high schools

Summary

Carter-Riverside High School is a public high school in Fort Worth, Texas, serving 1,030 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Fort Worth Independent School District, which is ranked 733 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past 10 years, Carter-Riverside High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Texas high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Carter-Riverside High School underperforms compared to district and state averages on STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 8.38% in Algebra I to 38.64% in U.S. History, significantly lower than the district and state averages. The school also has a slightly lower 4-year graduation rate of around 81% and a higher dropout rate fluctuating between 2.7% and 8.7% over the past few years.

When comparing Carter-Riverside High School to nearby schools within the Fort Worth ISD, it becomes clear that the school is underperforming. For example, Trimble Technical High School and Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences, both located within a few miles of Carter-Riverside, have significantly higher academic performance, graduation rates, and overall school rankings. Despite the school's low academic performance, Carter-Riverside High School spends a relatively high amount per student, suggesting that the school's challenges may not be solely due to a lack of funding.

1,039

Students ?

15.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,748

Per pupil spending ?

90.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3301 Yucca Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76111-4836

(817) 814-9000

District: Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)

Feeder schools for Carter-Riverside High School:

Elementary:	Bonnie Brae
	Charles Nash Elementary
	Natha Howell Elementary
	Oakhurst Elementary
	More...
	Springdale Elementary
	Versia Williams Elementary
Middle:	Riverside Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.1%

White:

4.4%

African American:

3.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 22nd percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (28% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg38%

Texas avg56%

1,712^th of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 13%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 22% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 22High Schools in the Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)

733^rd of 961Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	13.9	1712 of 1974	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	1723 of 1990	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	1661 of 1961	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	1652 of 1876	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.3	1601 of 1861	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	1535 of 1857	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	1366 of 1797	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.4	1416 of 1777	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	28.1	1398 of 1762	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.5	1354 of 1743	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	30.4	1330 of 1734	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	39.8	1121 of 1652	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	41.0	1076 of 1603	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	42.4	1262 of 1672	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	45.3	1139 of 1568	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	31.1	1278 of 1539	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	23.1	1326 of 1510	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	29.3	1232 of 1497	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	36.2	1081 of 1430	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	33.7	1124 of 1429	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	29.2	1202 of 1427	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	20.5	679 of 834	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.6	931 of 1065	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.0	981 of 1069	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.3	963 of 1031	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	928 of 1020	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.4	878 of 1024	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	823 of 1013	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	366 of 428	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	481 of 530	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.4	495 of 525	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	25.0	414 of 507	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.5	434 of 488	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	1.0	477 of 487	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.4	460 of 486	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	21.8	1545 of 1837	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.3	1445 of 1829	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.6	1375 of 1810	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.9	927 of 1784	48.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	26.4	844 of 1153	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.2	1106 of 1437	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.3	809 of 1371	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.9	926 of 1278	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.1	759 of 1195	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.6	862 of 1136	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.4	819 of 1113	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	1375 of 1504	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	1671 of 1880	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	1569 of 1891	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	1589 of 1841	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.5	1600 of 1815	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.7	1517 of 1798	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.3	1412 of 1781	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	2.1	945 of 964	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	1120 of 1182	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.9	1123 of 1172	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.4	1041 of 1177	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	1057 of 1145	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	1075 of 1137	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	1279 of 1453	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	1563 of 1805	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	1488 of 1820	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	1509 of 1762	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.2	1458 of 1743	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.7	1379 of 1714	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.5	1237 of 1691	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	1325 of 1513	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	1627 of 1884	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.6	1544 of 1897	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	1572 of 1847	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.9	1534 of 1848	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.9	1442 of 1818	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.2	1239 of 1794	30.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	1318 of 1515	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.2	1621 of 1891	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.1	1659 of 1913	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.6	1662 of 1853	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	1587 of 1840	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	1571 of 1824	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	1475 of 1803	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	2.6	591 of 598	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	624 of 677	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.3	548 of 588	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	1057 of 1299	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.5	1244 of 1548	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	1266 of 1478	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	1255 of 1418	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	1176 of 1382	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	1164 of 1357	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.3	1066 of 1347	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	8.6	1202 of 1294	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.6	1400 of 1556	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.2	1430 of 1576	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.9	1458 of 1525	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.0	1380 of 1510	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.5	1451 of 1526	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.7	1312 of 1539	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)27th percentile+14 vs school

Special Education (2025)19th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2025)19th percentile+5 vs school

At Risk (2022)16th percentile+4 vs school

Asian (2025)14th percentile~ school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)12th percentile~ school

Female (2025)9th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)7th percentile-6 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)2nd percentile-11 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)1st percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History39%-29 vs state

Biology38%-24 vs state

English II Reading35%-21 vs state

English I Reading26%-25 vs state

Algebra I8%-39 vs state

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by a citizen
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

racist teachers who think others should have not came to this country when in fact there ancestors came from Europe and brought the black plague to this land .... i hope a wall is built around them ......... Close Quote

Schools Near Carter-Riverside High School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR EOC Biology (2025)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	Total
Carter-Riverside High School	Public	9-12	3301 Yucca Ave	Fort Worth	76111	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-9000	1,039	65	15.9	90.7%	46 (4.4%)	39 (3.8%)	926 (89.1%)	17 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.0%)	13.9	1712^th of 1974 public high schools	13.3%		13.8	1723^rd of 1990 public high schools	13.4%	11	8.4	37.8	25.8	35.1	38.6	$10,748
Detent Center	Public	7-12	2701 Kimbo Rd	Fort Worth	76107	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 814-2963	102	7	15.2		16 (15.7%)	58 (56.9%)	22 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	5 (4.9%)								(n/a)						$6,821
Im Terrell Academy For Stem And Vpa	Public	9-12	1900 Im Terrell Way	Fort Worth	76102	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-2350	470	39	11.9	48.7%	154 (32.8%)	107 (22.8%)	186 (39.6%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	82.5	172^nd of 1974 public high schools	91.3%		74.5	322^nd of 1990 public high schools	83.8%	150	49.1	83.0	85.3	85.1	86.5	$13,320
Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue	Public, Charter	9-12	1316 Lancaster Ave	Fort Worth	76114	Tarrant County	Texans Can Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 735-1515	319	11	28.1	88.4%	8 (2.5%)	110 (34.5%)	193 (60.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	3.8	1888^th of 1974 public high schools	4.4%		3.4	1922^nd of 1990 public high schools	3.4%	34	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.9	31.1	$11,812
Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School	Public	9-12	1411 Maydell St	Fort Worth	76106	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 815-0000	877	65	13.4	94.5%	26 (3.0%)	39 (4.4%)	800 (91.2%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	6.8	1830^th of 1974 public high schools	7.3%		5.7	1873^rd of 1990 public high schools	5.9%	43	8.6	21.9	18.0	16.3	34.5	$12,220
Texas Academy Of Biomedical	Public	9-12	300 Trinity Campus Circle Trw	Fort Worth	76102	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 515-1660	374	20	18.4	72.7%	33 (8.8%)	49 (13.1%)	269 (71.9%)	19 (5.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	71.9	372^nd of 1974 public high schools	81.2%		70.1	422^nd of 1990 public high schools	78.8%	50	43.4	79.2	60.7	81.7	77.7	$9,359
Bob E Griggs High School	Public	9-12	6010 Walker St	Haltom City	76117	Tarrant County	Birdville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(817) 547-5400	140	21	6.6	68.6%	49 (35.0%)	13 (9.3%)	72 (51.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.6%)	12.6	1737^th of 1974 public high schools	12.0%		9.2	1806^th of 1990 public high schools	9.2%	69	4.6	25.0	13.3	13.6	52.0	$28,220
Texasworks - Ft Worth-Southside	Public, Charter	9-12	319 Lipscomb St	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Texas Works	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(972) 316-3663	8	1	11.2		0 (0.0%)	4 (50.0%)	3 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (12.5%)								(n/a)
Premier H S - Fort Worth (Southside)	Public, Charter	9-12	319 Lipscomb St	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Premier High Schools	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(817) 767-9238	118	6	19.8	83.9%	5 (4.2%)	17 (14.4%)	96 (81.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.7	1804^th of 1974 public high schools	8.6%		5.2	1886^th of 1990 public high schools	5.2%	82	0.0	21.4	22.2	30.3	25.0	$8,879
Polytechnic High School	Public	9-12	1300 Conner Ave	Fort Worth	76105	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-0000	1,375	82	16.8	91.3%	25 (1.8%)	199 (14.5%)	1,127 (82.0%)	14 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.6%)	5.2	1854^th of 1974 public high schools	6.1%		6.6	1853^rd of 1990 public high schools	6.9%	1	8.1	17.9	10.0	19.3	29.0	$9,494

Frequently Asked Questions about Carter-Riverside High School

What is the racial makeup of Carter-Riverside High School?

Students at Carter-Riverside High School are 89% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% African American, 2% Asian.

Is Carter-Riverside High School a good school?

Carter-Riverside High School ranks in the bottom 13.3% of Texas high schools.

How many students attend Carter-Riverside High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,039 students attended Carter-Riverside High School.

What district is Carter-Riverside High School in?

Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)

What schools feed into Carter-Riverside High School?

Carter-Riverside High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bonnie Brae
Elementary : Charles Nash Elementary
Elementary : Natha Howell Elementary
Elementary : Oakhurst Elementary
Elementary : Springdale Elementary
Elementary : Versia Williams Elementary
Middle : Riverside Middle

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