Fort Worth ISD

5 years of ratings

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 81 that year.

How this district's change over time is ranked

TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Fort Worth ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.

Texas districts

Region 11: Fort Worth

Tarrant County

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 Achievement73 C−1.9 vs similar · −9.0 vs region
• School Progress78 C−0.9 vs similar · −1.4 vs region
• Closing the Gaps76 C+1.3 vs similar · −4.1 vs region
• Academic Growth72 C+2.3 vs similar · −2.4 vs region
• Relative Performance78 C−0.5 vs similar · +0.5 vs region

• Fort Worth ISD
• Similar student population (228)
• Region 11: Fort Worth (76)

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 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 district that better measure is School Progress (78), so Student Achievement (73) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 78.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

• Approaches grade level
• Meets grade level
• Masters grade level
• Tick: Similar student population (228)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (228 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year

87.5%−7.4 pts vs similar

Five-Year

86.6%−8.9 pts vs similar

Six-Year

86.0%−9.0 pts vs similar

Dropout Rate

3.0%+2.1 pts vs similar

College, career and military readiness

Who this district serves

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

Students

67,315

Economically disadvantaged

81.9%+1.6 pts vs similar

English learners

40.7%+20.3 pts vs similar

Special education

15.6%−2.7 pts vs similar

Attendance

92.6%−0.8 pts vs similar

Chronically absent

25.1%+4.1 pts vs similar

Student demographics

• African American 18.2%
• Hispanic 65%
• White 12.6%
• American Indian 0.2%
• Asian 1.8%
• Two or More Races 2.2%

Spending per student

Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.

• Fort Worth ISD
• TEA peer group
• Texas average

Spends $582 more per student than its peer group, and $7 less than the state average.

Teachers

Average salary

$72,934+$8,692 vs similar

Teachers

4,938

Students per staff member

13.6

Teaching experience

• Beginning 9.8%
• 1 to 5 years 22.7%
• 6 to 10 years 18%
• 11 to 20 years 28.9%
• 21 to 30 years 16.8%
• Over 30 years 3.8%

Where this district ranks best

Out of 164 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

• 2of 16

  Earned a level I or level II certificate

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure · tied with 1

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• 4of 16

  Earned an associate degree

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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• 6of 16

  Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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• 6of 16

  Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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• 6of 16

  Average teacher salary

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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• 7of 221

  Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit

  Similar student population · of the 221 that report this measure

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• 7of 16

  College, career or military ready

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure · tied with 1

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• 9of 72

  Earned an associate degree

  Region 11: Fort Worth · of the 72 that report this measure

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• 9of 16

  Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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• 9of 16

  Per-student spending

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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  School Progress

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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  Relative Performance

  Tarrant County · of the 16 that report this measure

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These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this district ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no district would put in a press release.

130 schools in this district

Where this comes from

Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.

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