Great Hearts Arlington, Arlington TX

Original Research by School Decision on Great Hearts Arlington

Great Hearts Arlington is a charter school in Arlington serving kindergarten through ninth grade, with plans to complete its transition to full K-12 status. The school opened in 2021 and added new middle and high school facilities in fall 2025, positioning it as a neighborhood option for families who want continuity from elementary through graduation within a single school system.

The school enrolls a broad enrollment profile. Just over half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is racially and ethnically mixed, with White students making up the largest single share, followed by students of Hispanic and Black backgrounds, with smaller numbers of Asian students and other groups represented.

Academically, Great Hearts Arlington shows a mixed picture that suggests students are progressing at uneven rates across subjects and grades. In English language arts, performance is notably stronger in seventh and eighth grade, where students meet or exceed state standards at a meaningful rate, compared to third and fourth grade where proficiency is lower. In math, seventh grade stands out with much stronger results; performance in the lower elementary grades and in sixth grade is considerably weaker. Science shows a large gap between fifth grade, where proficiency is very low, and eighth grade, where about one-third of students meet or exceed standards. Social studies testing is available only for eighth grade, where proficiency is low.

A parent may want to look into this further with the school. The pattern across subjects suggests that either curriculum and instruction are stronger in the middle-school grades, or the student population shifts and stabilizes as it moves up, or both. The science results in grade five are particularly worth discussing with staff: they differ markedly from the school's performance in that same grade in ELA and math, and from the eighth-grade science outcome.

When compared to other districts in Tarrant County, Great Hearts Arlington's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint, meaning it ranks ahead of typical performance in the county, though well below the county's highest-performing schools. The school does not report a graduation rate because it does not yet serve twelfth grade; chronic absenteeism data are not available.

The school is part of Great Hearts Texas, a charter network that has grown significantly in the North Texas region. The network operates multiple campuses, including a second location in Fort Worth that is also building toward K-12, and a statewide online school. The Arlington campus itself is among the network's anchors, and the opening of purpose-built upper school facilities in 2025 signals a commitment to completing the K-12 pathway there.

Housing in the 76001 zip code where the school is located stands around the midpoint of the state's home values, with monthly rents in the mid-range for the area. The economic context includes unemployment and median household income in line with national patterns, and mortgage rates in the mid-sixes.

The school's classical education model, enrollment composition, and geographic location in a growing Dallas-Fort Worth suburb position it as a distinct offering in Arlington's education landscape. For families seeking a nontraditional approach, a tuition-free option, or continuity through middle grades with a school that plans full K-12 operation, it presents a concrete alternative to traditional public school enrollment. The strength of ELA outcomes in the upper-middle grades and the visible expansion of facilities suggest a school still defining its academic trajectory as it scales.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 49% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 45% · ▼ 10 pts below district

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

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 53% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 57% · ▼ 11 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 55% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 64% · ▼ 10 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 663%

School 63% · District 68% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 65% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 74% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 27% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 49% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 38% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 2 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-income39%Higher-income52%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income52%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income49%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income49%Higher-income77%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income48%Higher-income55%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income68%Higher-income78%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income39%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income37%4 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income45%Higher-income47%2 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income15%Higher-income54%39 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income61%Higher-income58%3 pp gap