The top reported proficiency rate is 32% in English language arts. The lowest is 11% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Sam Rosen El
Sam Rosen Elementary serves students from pre-K through grade five in central Fort Worth, sitting in a neighborhood of older housing stock, primarily single-family homes and duplexes on tree-lined streets. The school's immediate context is deeply economically disadvantaged. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a small number of Black and white students. The school is small for its grade span, enrollment in the low hundreds.
Most students speak Spanish or are learning English. The data provided did not include counts for English learners or students with IEPs, nor did it include chronic absenteeism or attendance rates, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about how it supports multilingual learners and which students receive special education services.
State test results from spring 2025 reveal substantial academic strain. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's proficiency index sits below the midpoint when compared against other districts in Tarrant County. In third-grade math, about one quarter of students reached proficient or above. Fourth-grade math was starker, with only about one sixth proficient. Fifth-grade math recovered somewhat, with about four out of ten students proficient. English language arts results show similar variability. Third graders on Spanish language assessments reached proficiency at rates near three fifths, but fifth graders on the same assessments had very low proficiency. The pattern across grades and subjects suggests that by upper elementary, reading and math competencies are not consolidating for most of this student body.
Science proficiency in fifth grade was about one in ten students. The school's performance in social studies was weak across the board, with very few students reaching mastery in that subject.
The school does not appear to track as a magnet or charter. No data was available on school discipline, staffing levels, course offerings, or extracurricular programming. Those details matter for understanding what the student experience is beyond test scores, and a parent should ask about classroom size, after-school programs, parent involvement structures, and how the school partners with families on literacy and math support at home.
Fort Worth itself is a major, rapidly growing city built around distinct districts—downtown with its entertainment and business core, the Cultural District with museums, the Stockyards as a historic tourist anchor, and the Near Southside as a walkable, mixed-use neighborhood. The city is diverse in employment, anchored by American Airlines, Lockheed Martin aerospace, healthcare systems, and education. Public transit runs through downtown and to the airport. Housing costs have risen sharply with population growth, though remain lower than peer Texas metros. The broader district serves the city and surrounding communities across a dispersed geography.
For a family considering Sam Rosen, the central question is what academic support and acceleration the school offers to move students from below-grade-level proficiency toward mastery, particularly in math and English language arts. The test results show clear learning gaps that will compound in middle school without intervention. A parent should ask about tutoring, small-group instruction, home-school communication in Spanish, and whether the school has achieved gains in prior years that are not yet reflected in the most recent test data.
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