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Helbing Elem

Tarrant County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 306 students

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Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
−2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.4 ptsvs 77.6 average · 2,317 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,013 of 2,317tied with 83 others
B80

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 80 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.6 average for 2,317 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 12 points

68 to 80 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 80 is 2.4 points above the 77.6 average among 2,317 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 15 points

66 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 81 is 2.2 points above the 78.8 average among 2,141 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Closing the Gaps above the similar-context average

77 +2.1 pts vs 74.9

  • 77 is 2.1 points above the 74.9 average among 2,125 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Helbing Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.6 average for 2,317 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,013th of 2,317 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 83 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageHelbing Elem 8272686880 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 80 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8077.6 2,317 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6877.2 2,298 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6873.9 2,280 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7273.5 2,270 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8281.8 2,243 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement64 D−6.5 vs similar economic context · 2,146 reporting
  • School Progress81 B+2.2 vs similar economic context · 2,141 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps77 C+2.1 vs similar economic context · 2,125 reporting
  • Academic Growth81 B+8.0 vs similar economic context · 2,105 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−6.8 vs similar economic context · 2,140 reporting
  • Helbing Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,317 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement64D6
School Progress81B9
Closing the Gaps77C3
Academic Growth81B9
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (81), so Student Achievement (64) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 81.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level62%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,146 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,146 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,146 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,145 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,145 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,145 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,137 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,137 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,137 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level46%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,014 reporting
  • Meets grade level17%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,014 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,014 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,317 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
306
Economically disadvantaged
90.5%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
65.2%+25.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.7%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.2%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
22.0%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Helbing Elem

African American: 1.3%Hispanic: 94.8%White: 3.6%American Indian: 0.3%
  • African American 1.3%
  • Hispanic 94.8%
  • White 3.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,317 reporting for every category shown · 2,317 in full cohort

African American: 14.8%Hispanic: 75.8%White: 6.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.7%
  • African American 14.8%
  • Hispanic 75.8%
  • White 6.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
305
Economically disadvantaged students
276
Emergent bilingual students
199
Special education students
54

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
34
Students in TEA mobility denominator
270
TEA-published mobility rate
12.6%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 306 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 63 (17.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
306

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−63

Decrease · −17.1%

Change since 2021–22
−99

Decrease · −24.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
306
Selected comparison
578.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,294 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Helbing Elem
School yearStudents enrolledHelbing ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 405 First available year 623.4
2022–23 390 Decrease of 15 (3.7%) 619.5
2023–24 357 Decrease of 33 (8.5%) 609.9
2024–25 369 Increase of 12 (3.4%) 603.5
2025–26 306 Decrease of 63 (17.1%) 578.5

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
11

2.87 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
383

2024–25

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.87
Selected comparison
31.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,540 rated schools reporting

−28.7 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Helbing Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 430 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 423 11 2.6% 11 2.60 12.8% 30.7
2022–23 406 Suppressed — 12 2.96 — 33.4
2023–24 399 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 383 Suppressed — 11 2.87 — 31.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Helbing Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — 11 2.87 — 31.6
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Helbing Elem
  • Parent district: Fort Worth ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,946
Selected comparison
$13,178

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,296 rated schools reporting

−$1,232 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,946 per student for this campus, $18,965 per student for its parent district, Fort Worth ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearHelbing ElemParent district: Fort Worth ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,677$12,883$13,054$8,304 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,185 rated schools reporting
2019$7,838$12,735$13,108$8,318 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,215 rated schools reporting
2020$8,054$14,060$14,058$8,821 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,222 rated schools reporting
2021$9,409$17,533$14,797$9,632 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 rated schools reporting
2022$10,844$16,930$15,708$11,165 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,243 rated schools reporting
2023$12,713$17,853$16,792$11,694 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,269 rated schools reporting
2024$11,881$18,199$18,125$12,571 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,283 rated schools reporting
2025$11,946$18,965$18,972$13,178 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,296 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$74,717+$6,562 vs similar economic context
Teachers
27−13.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.4−3.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Helbing Elem

Beginning: 3.7%1 to 5 years: 12.7%6 to 10 years: 16%11 to 20 years: 54.9%21 to 30 years: 12.7%
  • Beginning 3.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 12.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 16%
  • 11 to 20 years 54.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 12.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,317 reporting for every category shown · 2,317 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 27.2%6 to 10 years: 18.8%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Helbing Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classHelbing Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.818.1
Grade 123.518.3
Grade 214.218.3
Grade 318.918.5
Grade 424.318.5
Grade 523.819.3

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 220905138.