📍 709 Nw 21st, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76164
Elder Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 826 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Xavier Lewis. It is part of the Fort Worth Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 54.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Elder Middle enrolls 826 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 54.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% White and 1.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 788 | 95% |
| White | 15 | 1.8% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
762 of the school's 826 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 730 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Elder Middle 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 90.
Elder Middle 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 826 students, Elder Middle is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large