📍 800 Mercedes St, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76126
Benbrook el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 447 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christian Sanderson. It is part of the Fort Worth Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Benbrook el enrolls 447 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 7.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 233 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 150 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
260 of the school's 447 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 228 qualify for free lunch and 32 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.
Benbrook 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 97.
Benbrook el is one of 140 schools in FORT WORTH ISD, based in FORT WORTH, Texas. The district serves 70,405 students district-wide and employs 4,928 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 447 students, Benbrook el is close to the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large