Hale El, Arlington TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hale El

Hale Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in Arlington, a mid-sized urban district in Tarrant County. The school sits on Mayfield Road in the eastern part of the city and draws a student body that is predominantly Black, with substantial Hispanic enrollment and a very high rate of economic need.

The enrollment is modest, with roughly equal distribution across grade levels from pre-K through sixth. An overwhelming share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting significant economic hardship in the school's catchment area. The school does not report separate counts for students with disabilities or English learners in the available data.

Academic performance at Hale is below the midpoint relative to other elementary schools in Tarrant County. On the most recent state assessment results, proficiency rates across tested subjects and grades fall consistently in the low to mid-range. In English language arts, third-grade proficiency is around half, but proficiency drops as students advance through the grades, dipping into the low range by sixth grade. Mathematics shows even steeper challenges: third and fourth graders post similar results to their ELA peers, but fifth and sixth graders show considerably lower proficiency rates. Science proficiency, tested only in fifth grade, is particularly low. Across all tested subjects, most students fall below the proficient threshold; when they do meet standards, they are more likely to be in the "approaches" or "meets" band rather than the "masters" level.

The school is a regular public elementary, not a charter or magnet program. It participates in Arlington ISD's universal pre-K initiative, which offers free, full-day pre-K for all four-year-olds in the district regardless of income or residence, with a curriculum built in-house around STEM. That removes a tuition barrier for families starting their children there.

Arlington ISD as a whole faces enrollment decline and has begun consolidating schools. The district voted to close Blanton Elementary and signaled that more consolidations may follow, reshaping attendance boundaries and school assignments across the city. In March 2026, trustees adopted new state-aligned math materials in a closely divided vote, which will affect classroom instruction districtwide, including at Hale. In May 2026, voters approved a bond funding new and replacement school buildings and facility upgrades, though one proposition failed, so parents should expect both construction and shifting facilities as the district adapts to demographic change.

Hale is the type of school that typically serves a high-poverty community with significant academic work ahead. Parents should engage directly with the school about its support structures, intervention programs, and plans to strengthen proficiency in math and science. The combination of economic need, recent curriculum changes in the district, and consolidation pressures makes this a moment when family involvement and clarity about school-level supports become especially important.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 16% · ▲ 20 pts above district

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

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 13% · ▲ 23 pts above district

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

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 17% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 621%

School 21% · District 36% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 20% · ▲ 28 pts above district

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

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 42% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 47% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 47% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 6% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolARLINGTON ISD, 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.