📍 8000 Comanche Springs Dr, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76131
Prairie Vista is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 923 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Wat Harden. It is part of the Eagle Mt-Saginaw Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Prairie Vista enrolls 923 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Hispanic or Latino, 25% White and 25% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 343 | 37% |
| White | 231 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 229 | 25% |
| Asian | 73 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 4.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
477 of the school's 923 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 407 qualify for free lunch and 70 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.
Prairie Vista 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 12, state house district 93.
Prairie Vista is one of 30 schools in EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD, based in FORT WORTH, Texas. The district serves 23,982 students district-wide and employs 1,520 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 923 students, Prairie Vista is larger than the district average of about 799 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large