📍 3500 Crenshaw Ave, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76105
T a Sims el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 574 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Andrea Harper. It is part of the Fort Worth Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
T a Sims el enrolls 574 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Black or African American and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 504 | 88% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 9.9% |
| White | 9 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
560 of the school's 574 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 533 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
T a Sims 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.
T a Sims 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 574 students, T a Sims 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: City - Large