Great Hearts Lakeside, Fort Worth TX

Original Research by School Decision on Great Hearts Lakeside

Great Hearts Lakeside is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Fort Worth as part of the Great Hearts Texas network. The school is in the middle of a multi-year build-out toward a full K-12 campus, currently housing grades K-8 with roughly a thousand students across those grade levels.

The school's academic profile shows a split pattern. In English language arts, proficiency runs strong, with roughly three-quarters of students performing at proficient or higher levels across elementary and middle grades. The school approaches and masters proficiency metrics show even deeper strength, with around nine-tenths of students meeting the lowest proficiency threshold in ELA. Reading and writing are a relative asset.

Mathematics proficiency is lower and more uneven. Third-graders show roughly mid-range performance, but fourth and fifth graders dip to around four in ten students proficient or above. Performance recovers modestly in the upper grades, with seventh graders reaching around six in ten. The school's math masters rate (students meeting the highest standard) sits at roughly one in four schoolwide, well below the ELA rate. A parent focused on math readiness may want to look into the school's instructional approach further, particularly in the intermediate grades.

Science and social studies testing data are limited to eighth grade in the available results. Science proficiency in that grade runs at roughly half of students, while social studies is lower at roughly four in ten. These represent the school's weakest areas on the current testing profile.

The student body is predominantly white, with substantial representation from Hispanic and Asian families and smaller populations of Black students and other groups. A quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school at a modest level of economic need relative to many schools nationwide. The school does not report special education or English learner counts, so a family with students in those categories would want to check directly with the school on its capacity and services.

Great Hearts Lakeside sits in the top quartile of schools in Tarrant County on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, a meaningful positioning. The school is positioned along Harris Parkway on the city's east side.

As a classical charter school, Great Hearts runs a curriculum emphasizing the Socratic method, Great Books, and traditional liberal arts across humanities, mathematics, and sciences. The school's identity centers on classical education rather than career pathways or dual-credit programs, which are more common in other charter and district high schools. The fact that it is still building toward full high school enrollment (currently stopping at eighth grade) means families enrolling now would need to plan for either a transition to another school or enrollment in the network's eventual ninth-through-twelfth-grade program once it launches.

Fort Worth itself is one of the nation's fastest-growing cities, having recently crossed into the top ten by population. That growth is reshaping housing costs and neighborhood character, especially on the western and northwestern edges where new development is active. The school's location sits on the eastern side of the city, in an area with moderate home values and rents relative to the broader market. Parents considering a move to Fort Worth should account for the city's rapid expansion and the housing-market shifts that come with it.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 49% · ▼ 8 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 45% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 53% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 57% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 55% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

Grade 675%

School 75% · District 68% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 65% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 872%

School 72% · District 74% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Science

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 49% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 38% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

This schoolGREAT HEARTS TEXAS, 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-income56%Higher-income78%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income69%19 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income79%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income64%Higher-income79%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income57%Higher-income76%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income64%34 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income42%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income46%Higher-income58%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income49%Higher-income67%18 pp gap