📍 521 Ashdale Rd, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76140
Sidney H Poynter is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 422 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charmaine Williams. It is part of the Crowley Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sidney H Poynter enrolls 422 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 210 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 28% |
| White | 56 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
341 of the school's 422 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 305 qualify for free lunch and 36 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.
Sidney H Poynter 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 96.
Sidney H Poynter 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 422 students, Sidney H Poynter is smaller than the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large