📍 537 S Hts Dr, Crowley, Tarrant County, 76036
Bess Race el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Crowley, Tarrant County. The school has 665 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Naveen Naqvi. It is part of the Crowley Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bess Race el enrolls 665 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 21% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 311 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 169 | 25% |
| White | 138 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
515 of the school's 665 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 435 qualify for free lunch and 80 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bess Race el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 96.
Bess Race el is one of 23 schools in CROWLEY ISD, based in FORT WORTH, Texas. The district serves 17,011 students district-wide and employs 1,253 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 665 students, Bess Race el is close to the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large