📍 3009 Bilglade Rd, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76133
South Hills el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 690 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa Russell. It is part of the Fort Worth Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Hills el enrolls 690 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% White and 3.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 609 | 88% |
| White | 41 | 5.9% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
622 of the school's 690 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 590 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.
South Hills el 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.
South Hills 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 690 students, South Hills el 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