Fort Worth Academy Of Fine Arts

The Fort Worth Academy Of Fine Arts district is a small, highly-ranked public school system in Texas serving 670 students across two schools: a combined middle/high school (grades 7-12) and an elementary school (grades 3-6).

The standout school is Fort Worth Academy Of Fine Arts (the high school), which earns a 5-star rating and ranks in the 91st percentile statewide. Its performance in English Language Arts is exceptional, with near-perfect proficiency rates of 95.59% on English I and 95.16% on English II—dramatically higher than state averages. The school also excels in U.S. History (95% proficient) and Biology (83.58% proficient), and boasts a 97% graduation rate with a dropout rate of just 0.2%. In contrast, Fort Worth Academy Of Fine Arts Elementary is a solid 4-star school with strong reading scores—78.79% proficient in 3rd grade and 76.14% in 6th grade—but shows a concerning trend in mathematics, where 5th and 6th grade proficiency rates (43.08% and 34.09%) fall below state averages. The high school's math scores, while above state averages, are not as dominant as its reading results.

A key takeaway is that the district's fine arts focus appears to cultivate exceptional humanities skills from an early age, but math is a clear area for improvement, especially in the elementary grades where proficiency declines as students advance. The high school is on an upward trajectory, improving its state ranking from the 88th to the 91st percentile over two years. With a low student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1 at the high school and 15.8:1 at the elementary school, families benefit from small class sizes, though the absence of free/reduced lunch data limits insight into the student body's socioeconomic diversity.