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Harlean Beal Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
4002nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 14% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

Harlean Beal Elementary is a public elementary school in Fort Worth, Texas, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 310. The school is part of the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD), which is ranked 733 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harlean Beal Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Texas elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in STAAR Reading, Math, and Science are significantly lower than the FWISD and Texas state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 23.26% of 3rd graders at Harlean Beal were proficient in STAAR Reading, compared to 40.56% for FWISD and 52.02% for Texas. The school also has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 95.81% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024.

While Harlean Beal spends significantly more per student ($14,078 in 2020-2021) compared to the nearby schools, which range from $9,513 to $17,794 per student, its academic performance is still significantly lower than the nearby schools, including those in the same district (FWISD) and charter schools (Uplift Mighty and IDEA Southeast Academy). This suggests that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution, and that the school may need to examine its instructional practices, curriculum, and support systems to better serve its students.

333
Students ?
17.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,100
Per pupil spending ?
95.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5615 Forest Hill Dr
       Fort Worth, TX  76119-6797

(817) 531-6460

District: Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.6%
African American:
27.6%
White:
2.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2015 → 14th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (27% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)
!Reading scores 24 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school27%
District avg34%
Texas avg47%
4,002nd of 4,651
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 14%▲ up 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 7% (2015) to bottom 14% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Texas Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
51st of 80Elementary Schools in the Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)
733rd 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202520.54002 of 465114.0%★☆☆☆☆
202424.23825 of 471018.8%★☆☆☆☆
202316.54216 of 46479.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.63909 of 458114.7%★☆☆☆☆
202118.83958 of 457813.5%★☆☆☆☆
201910.94324 of 44793.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.84157 of 43594.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.74140 of 43294.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201610.74065 of 42865.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201513.44025 of 43206.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201414.24006 of 42606.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201317.93868 of 42218.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201219.33874 of 42067.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201116.23844 of 40956.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.73845 of 39372.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200921.13526 of 38849.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200817.83476 of 37687.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200724.73258 of 372412.5%★☆☆☆☆
200624.03056 of 347612.1%★☆☆☆☆
200540.82445 of 347529.6%★☆☆☆☆
200448.22110 of 346539.1%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202528.51516 of 190520.4%★☆☆☆☆
202430.71854 of 244324.1%★☆☆☆☆
202321.52167 of 244311.3%★☆☆☆☆
202217.22277 of 24215.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.52167 of 244411.3%★☆☆☆☆
201916.32385 of 25155.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.72387 of 24833.9%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202247.72261 of 446149.3%★★☆☆☆
202144.12269 of 433147.6%★★☆☆☆
201934.13120 of 429527.4%★☆☆☆☆
201840.22641 of 424037.7%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202529.82225 of 291823.7%★☆☆☆☆
202432.52654 of 366827.6%★☆☆☆☆
202329.42805 of 355621.1%★☆☆☆☆
202244.12004 of 348742.5%★★☆☆☆
202146.31678 of 344651.3%★★★☆☆
201936.52303 of 333330.9%★★☆☆☆
201844.91757 of 322645.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202525.43028 of 374419.1%★☆☆☆☆
202431.33406 of 465826.9%★☆☆☆☆
202322.43908 of 458814.8%★☆☆☆☆
202230.93364 of 456126.2%★☆☆☆☆
202118.63969 of 449911.8%★☆☆☆☆
201915.24082 of 43486.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.23769 of 430612.5%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202545.11841 of 261929.7%★☆☆☆☆
20230.32974 of 29800.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202244.02072 of 295830.0%★★☆☆☆
20219.72845 of 30065.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.23145 of 31841.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.63018 of 31062.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202527.72925 of 364419.7%★☆☆☆☆
202433.93203 of 446528.3%★☆☆☆☆
202329.33409 of 440122.5%★☆☆☆☆
202230.83365 of 437623.1%★☆☆☆☆
202128.03370 of 432922.2%★☆☆☆☆
201920.83795 of 41889.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201830.93204 of 416823.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202526.93051 of 370517.7%★☆☆☆☆
202432.33434 of 459425.3%★☆☆☆☆
202325.13816 of 452115.6%★☆☆☆☆
202231.03446 of 447723.0%★☆☆☆☆
202126.33646 of 445118.1%★☆☆☆☆
201916.54087 of 43095.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.73937 of 42647.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202516.83404 of 37399.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.94171 of 464710.2%★☆☆☆☆
202314.04284 of 45856.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.44292 of 45635.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.73756 of 449816.5%★☆☆☆☆
201911.04223 of 43573.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.74207 of 43192.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202558.31144 of 354967.8%★★★☆☆
202434.72937 of 429231.6%★★☆☆☆
202334.32778 of 408632.0%★★☆☆☆
202250.81520 of 395261.5%★★★☆☆
202125.43160 of 379916.8%★☆☆☆☆
201929.72855 of 368422.5%★☆☆☆☆
201819.13321 of 35586.7%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2025)68th percentile+54 vs school
At Risk (2022)49th percentile+35 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2025)30th percentile+16 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)24th percentile+10 vs school
African American (2025)20th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)20th percentile+6 vs school
Female (2025)19th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)9th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?
Reading31%-24 vs state
Mathematics27%-19 vs state
Science23%-7 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Open Quote The staff here seem to HATE their jobs. Why teach if you don't enjoy being around children. Every time I am in this school, every staff member seems to have an angry expression on their face and seem extremely irritated at the thought of children. Close Quote





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Harlean Beal Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.0% of Texas elementary schools.

Students who attend Harlean Beal Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Forest Oak Middle
High : O D Wyatt High School

Students at Harlean Beal Elementary are 68% Hispanic, 28% African American, 2% White, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 333 students attended Harlean Beal Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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