Recent movement
Overall score rose 4 points
77 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 81 is 2.1 points above the 78.9 average among 2,029 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center
Tarrant County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 391 students
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- Current score
- 81/1002025-26
- Change
- +8 ptssince 2023-24
- Score vs similar economic context
- +2.1 ptsvs 78.9 average · 2,029 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 877 of 2,029tied with 74 others
- Score vs region
- +0.5 ptsvs 80.5 average · 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth
- Region 11: Fort Worth placement
- 397 of 839tied with 28 others
- Score vs county
- +1.0 ptsvs 80 average · 466 rated schools in Tarrant County
- Tarrant County placement
- 213 of 466tied with 19 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +0.9 ptsvs 80.1 average · 3,899 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 1,929 of 3,899tied with 128 others
- Score vs state
- −0.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 4,141 of 7,646tied with 260 others
B81
At a glance
The available rating history is moving up. The current score is above the 78.9 average for 2,029 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80.5 average for 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth.The current score is above the 80 average for 466 rated schools in Tarrant County.The current score is above the 80.1 average for 3,899 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent movement
Overall score rose 4 points
77 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 4 points
77 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 4 points
77 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 4 points
77 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSelected 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
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.9 average for 2,029 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 8 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 877th of 2,029 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 74 others).
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.5 average for 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth. It is up 8 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 397th of 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth (tied with 28 others).
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 466 rated schools in Tarrant County. It is up 8 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 213th of 466 rated schools in Tarrant County (tied with 19 others).
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.1 average for 3,899 similarly sized rated schools. It is up 8 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 1,929th of 3,899 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 128 others).
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is up 8 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 4,141st of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 260 others).
Put the numbers in context
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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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 81 | 78.9 2,029 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 77 | 78.6 2,011 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | C | 73 | 76.6 1,997 reporting | 78.9 7,466 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.
- James A Arthur Early Childhood Center
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,029 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | — | Not rated | — |
| School Progress | — | Not rated | — |
| Closing the Gaps | — | Not rated | — |
| Academic Growth | — | Not rated | — |
| Relative Performance | — | Not rated | — |
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 391
- Economically disadvantaged
- 71.3%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 24.5%+3.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 13.2%−5.6 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 92.7%−1.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 25.3%+7.3 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center
- African American 26.6%
- Hispanic 35.7%
- White 24%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.4%
- Two or More Races 8%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,029 reporting for every category shown · 2,029 in full cohort
- African American 12.6%
- Hispanic 57.9%
- White 23.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 2%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Selected comparison average For Region 11: Fort Worth · 839 reporting for every category shown · 839 in full cohort
- African American 15.4%
- Hispanic 39.6%
- White 34.4%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Two or More Races 4.6%
Selected comparison average For Tarrant County · 466 reporting for every category shown · 466 in full cohort
- African American 21.3%
- Hispanic 45.2%
- White 22.9%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Two or More Races 4.6%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 3,899 reporting for every category shown · 3,899 in full cohort
- African American 11.7%
- Hispanic 54.7%
- White 26.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 3.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.3%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 387
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 276
- Emergent bilingual students
- 95
- Special education students
- 51
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 36
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 182
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 19.8%
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 391 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 39 (9.1%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 391
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- −39
Decrease · −9.1%
- Change since 2023–24
- +126
Increase · +47.5%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 391
- Selected comparison
- 629.8
| School year | Students enrolledJames A Arthur Early Childhood Center | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | 265 | First available year | 647.2 |
| 2024–25 | 430 | Increase of 165 (62.3%) | 645.6 |
| 2025–26 | 391 | Decrease of 39 (9.1%) | 629.8 |
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
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 490
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | 312 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 490 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 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.
- James A Arthur Early Childhood Center
- Parent district: Kennedale ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $9,832
- Selected comparison
- $13,138
For 2025, TEA reported $9,832 per student for this campus, $34,462 per student for its parent district, Kennedale ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | James A Arthur Early Childhood Center | Parent district: Kennedale ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11,561 | $20,016 | $18,125 | $12,387 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,996 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $9,832 | $34,462 | $18,972 | $13,138 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,010 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
- $78,235+$11,808 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 28−14.7 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 13.8−0.2 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
James A Arthur Early Childhood Center
- Beginning 3.2%
- 1 to 5 years 23.6%
- 6 to 10 years 12.5%
- 11 to 20 years 40.7%
- 21 to 30 years 20%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,029 reporting for every category shown · 2,029 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.6%
- 1 to 5 years 27.1%
- 6 to 10 years 18.9%
- 11 to 20 years 27.3%
- 21 to 30 years 15.4%
- Over 30 years 3.9%
Selected comparison average For Region 11: Fort Worth · 839 reporting for every category shown · 839 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.6%
- 1 to 5 years 24%
- 6 to 10 years 20.6%
- 11 to 20 years 30%
- 21 to 30 years 16.7%
- Over 30 years 2.8%
Selected comparison average For Tarrant County · 466 reporting for every category shown · 466 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 24%
- 6 to 10 years 20.5%
- 11 to 20 years 29.9%
- 21 to 30 years 16.3%
- Over 30 years 2.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 3,899 reporting for every category shown · 3,899 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 29%
- 21 to 30 years 16.4%
- Over 30 years 3.6%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classJames A Arthur Early Childhood Center · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 24.7 | 17.9 |
| Grade 1 | 24.1 | 18.2 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 2 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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