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Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

4382^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary is a public elementary school in Fort Worth, Texas, serving 310 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD), which is ranked 733 out of 961 districts in the state.

Academically, Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary consistently performs below the district and state averages on STAAR tests, with only 17.39% of 3rd graders proficient in reading and 8.51% proficient in math, compared to 52.02% and 44.88% at the state level, respectively. The school has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 94.52% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the 81.85% average for nearby Daggett Elementary. Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary has a low statewide ranking, placing in the bottom 10% of Texas elementary schools, and a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary struggles academically, some nearby schools within the same district, such as Lily B. Clayton Elementary and De Zavala Elementary, perform significantly better on STAAR tests and have higher statewide rankings. Despite the high percentage of economically disadvantaged students and relatively high per-student spending, Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary's academic performance has been declining over the years, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and socioeconomic status may be contributing to the school's challenges.

366

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,013

Per pupil spending ?

95.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

501 Missouri Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76104-1466

(817) 815-2000

District: Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Morningside Middle
High:	Polytechnic High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

51.9%

African American:

42.6%

White:

3.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 1st percentile in 2019 → 6th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 6th (2025) from a 1st-percentile low (2019)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (21% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 27 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg35%

Texas avg47%

4,382^nd of 4,651

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

66^th of 80Elementary 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	12.8	4382 of 4651	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	4463 of 4710	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.4	4507 of 4647	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.0	4513 of 4581	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.6	4172 of 4578	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.3	4456 of 4479	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.4	4324 of 4359	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	35.0	2845 of 4329	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	20.0	3728 of 4286	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.2	3681 of 4320	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	9.6	4131 of 4260	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	1.4	4210 of 4221	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	20.1	3848 of 4206	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	62.3	1675 of 4095	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2010	27.7	3363 of 3937	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.3	3347 of 3884	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	14.6	3559 of 3768	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	20.4	3377 of 3724	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	16.1	3264 of 3476	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	24.0	3055 of 3475	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	59.0	1535 of 3465	55.7%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	1815 of 1905	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	2286 of 2443	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	2224 of 2443	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	2206 of 2421	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	27.9	1949 of 2444	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	2445 of 2515	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.2	2404 of 2483	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	22.3	3960 of 4461	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.8	3461 of 4331	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	4153 of 4295	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	3940 of 4240	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	43.2	1625 of 2918	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.0	2283 of 3668	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.2	2910 of 3556	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	2959 of 3487	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.4	2333 of 3446	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.6	3029 of 3333	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	35.7	2287 of 3226	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	3461 of 3744	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	4194 of 4658	10.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.7	4425 of 4588	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	4407 of 4561	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.2	3669 of 4499	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.9	4334 of 4348	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.3	4288 of 4306	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	9.8	2536 of 2619	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	2804 of 2980	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.5	2902 of 2958	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	39.1	2101 of 3006	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.9	2881 of 3184	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.4	3099 of 3106	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	2997 of 3644	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	3890 of 4465	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	4141 of 4401	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.1	4264 of 4376	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.4	3670 of 4329	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.4	4123 of 4188	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	3938 of 4168	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	19.3	3388 of 3705	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	4212 of 4594	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	4324 of 4521	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	4388 of 4477	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.8	4037 of 4451	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	4278 of 4309	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	4221 of 4264	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	11.7	3573 of 3739	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	4494 of 4647	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.2	4411 of 4585	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.9	4530 of 4563	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.8	4357 of 4498	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.4	4332 of 4357	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	4247 of 4319	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	12.2	3468 of 3549	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	4210 of 4292	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	3563 of 3952	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.8	3493 of 3799	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	3140 of 3684	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	3423 of 3558	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)44th percentile+39 vs school

Hispanic (2025)18th percentile+12 vs school

At Risk (2022)11th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)8th percentile~ school

African American (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2025)3rd percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)2nd percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Reading28%-27 vs state

Mathematics19%-27 vs state

Science7%-23 vs state

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by a citizen
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

This is the best elementary school campus I've been involved with in a very long time......the teachers are extraordinary and the children and parents love them......the principal exhibits great leadership skills and the school is always always clean........ Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2025)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Spanish Science (2025)	STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)						STAAR Mathematics (2025)						STAAR Science (2025)		STAAR Social Studies (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 Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Science 5th Grade	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 5th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 Missouri Ave	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 815-2000	366	26	13.8	95.6%	14 (3.8%)	156 (42.6%)	190 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	12.8	4382^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	5.8%		12.1	4463^rd of 4710 public elementary schools	5.2%	81										17.4	45.7	20.5				8.5	30.4	17.8				6.7			$14,013
Carroll Peak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 E Jefferson Ave	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-0700	489	34	14.2	84.3%	25 (5.1%)	105 (21.5%)	330 (67.5%)	24 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	26.3	3646^th of 4651 public elementary schools	21.6%		25.9	3722^nd of 4710 public elementary schools	21.0%	76	22.2	25.0	22.2	13.3		16.7	11.1			38.0	41.5	44.4				29.0	43.3	23.1				2.9			$11,646
De Zavala Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1419 College Ave	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-5600	274	18	15.3	75.5%	33 (12.0%)	43 (15.7%)	186 (67.9%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	66.9	1268^th of 4651 public elementary schools	72.7%		64.9	1352^nd of 4710 public elementary schools	71.3%	84	20.0	33.3	28.6	0.0	0.0	14.3	0.0			53.6	75.0	63.3				35.7	73.2	50.0				23.3			$13,965
Versia Williams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Baurline St	Fort Worth	76111	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-9700	307	22	13.8	95.4%	5 (1.6%)	23 (7.5%)	273 (88.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	22.5	3887^th of 4651 public elementary schools	16.4%		12.4	4439^th of 4710 public elementary schools	5.8%	552	16.7									40.0	22.0	56.1				22.0	21.2	38.6				11.6			$13,535
Daggett Montessori	Public	K-8	801 W Jessamine	Fort Worth	76110	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-6300	546	34	16.0	46.0%	171 (31.3%)	29 (5.3%)	322 (59.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	52.5	1990^th of 4651 public elementary schools	57.2%		55	1882^nd of 4710 public elementary schools	60.0%	108								83.3	100.0	59.3	46.2	64.6	64.1	73.8	48.4	44.4	33.9	38.5	50.0	20.0	59.4	21.5	64.9	33.3	$11,302
Morningside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2601 Evans Ave	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-0600	401	29	13.6	94.3%	13 (3.2%)	76 (19.0%)	303 (75.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	17.4	4168^th of 4651 public elementary schools	10.4%		19.5	4097^th of 4710 public elementary schools	13.0%	71	5.0	26.3	25.0	22.2	6.7		0.0			31.8	31.4	24.4				36.4	38.5	22.0				2.4			$11,106
Daggett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	958 Page Ave	Fort Worth	76110	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-5500	526	35	14.9	86.1%	39 (7.4%)	49 (9.3%)	426 (81.0%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	28.9	3499^th of 4651 public elementary schools	24.8%		43.3	2646^th of 4710 public elementary schools	43.8%	853	10.5		18.8	22.2		16.7	0.0			22.0	36.8	44.8				30.0	38.3	45.1				17.4			$11,497
Charles Nash Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	401 Samuels Ave	Fort Worth	76102	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-9400	213	15	14.3	85.9%	12 (5.6%)	65 (30.5%)	128 (60.1%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	19.1	4075^th of 4651 public elementary schools	12.4%		32.1	3337^th of 4710 public elementary schools	29.2%	738										20.0	34.4	45.8				16.7	34.4	37.5				8.3			$12,768
Edward Briscoe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2751 Yuma Ave	Fort Worth	76104	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-0300	288	21	13.7	93.1%	11 (3.8%)	200 (69.4%)	66 (22.9%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	7.4	4558^th of 4651 public elementary schools	2.0%		6.2	4653^rd of 4710 public elementary schools	1.2%	95										29.3	21.1	34.3				2.4	12.8	11.4				8.6			$14,695
Lily B Clayton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 Park Pl Ave	Fort Worth	76110	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 814-5400	476	32	15.1	39.3%	219 (46.0%)	28 (5.9%)	217 (45.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	80.5	737^th of 4651 public elementary schools	84.2%		67.9	1212^th of 4710 public elementary schools	74.3%	475										64.3	72.9	71.8				64.3	54.3	53.5				46.5			$10,821

Frequently Asked Questions about Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary

How many students attend Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 366 students attended Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary attend?

Students who attend Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Morningside Middle
High : Polytechnic High School

Is Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary a good school?

Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.8% of Texas elementary schools.

What district is Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary in?

Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)

What is the racial makeup of Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary?

Students at Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary are 52% Hispanic, 43% African American, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

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