📍 2000 California Ln, Arlington, Tarrant County, 76015
Short el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arlington, Tarrant County. The school has 390 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Betsy Berkebile. It is part of the Arlington Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths.
Short el enrolls 390 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 34% Black or African American and 16% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 164 | 42% |
| Black or African American | 131 | 34% |
| White | 64 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 4 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
335 of the school's 390 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 312 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Short el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 10, state house district 94.
Short el is one of 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD, based in ARLINGTON, Texas. The district serves 53,339 students district-wide and employs 3,860 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 390 students, Short el is smaller than the district average of about 711 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large