Texas School of the Arts, Edgecliff Village TX

Original Research by School Decision on Texas School of the Arts

Texas School of the Arts is a charter school in Edgecliff Village serving kindergarten through fifth grade, with a total enrollment of a few hundred students. The school sits in a small, owner-occupied residential enclave south of Fort Worth that has been growing as new homes are built on formerly undeveloped land alongside older housing stock from the 1960s. The town itself is ethnically diverse and known for its active neighborhood life, though it has few civic amenities within its boundaries and is car-dependent, bordered by interstates and oriented around highway access.

The school's immediate student body reflects the diversity of the surrounding community: the enrollment includes substantial shares of Hispanic, Black, and White students, with smaller populations of Asian students and students of two or more races. Demographic data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and English learner status are not available, limiting visibility into economic need or language support requirements. Special education enrollment figures are also missing.

Academic performance shows uneven results across subjects and grades. In English language arts, the school performs stronger overall, with a majority of students demonstrating proficiency or above in third and fourth grade, rising to a notably higher share by fifth grade. Math proficiency is lower and more variable: third and fourth grade show modest proficiency rates, while fifth grade math performance is considerably better. Science proficiency in fifth grade is quite low. The school's performance on state testing sits above the midpoint relative to other districts in Tarrant County when measured across tested subjects and grades, though this aggregate position masks significant subject-level weakness, particularly in science and in the lower elementary math grades.

The school offers an arts-focused educational model within its regular public school structure. No detailed information is available about specific program offerings, staffing, course access, attendance patterns, or discipline practices. The charter status means the school operates with some independence from traditional district oversight, though it remains subject to state accountability measures.

The housing market in the zip code is moderately priced and shows slight year-over-year decline, with median home values and rental costs below the state benchmark. Mortgage rates and unemployment remain moderate, and median household income is above national levels. Families considering the school should be aware that a parent may want to look into the school's specific support systems for younger students in math, given the lower proficiency rates in grades three and four, and inquire about science instruction in the upper elementary grades where testing results show substantial room for improvement. The school's data does not reveal prior-year trends, so current-year results represent a single snapshot rather than a pattern over time.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Science

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

even with state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolTEXAS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income100%Higher-income63%37 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income36%2 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income56%36 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income25%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income50%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income44%4 pp gap