Westcliff El, Fort Worth TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Westcliff El

Westcliff Elementary is a small pre-K through fifth-grade school in Fort Worth serving roughly a low-to-mid enrollment range for its grade band. The school sits in a neighborhood west of downtown where housing costs have risen sharply with the city's rapid growth, and a large majority of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating substantial economic need in the surrounding area.

The school's academic profile shows a mixed picture across tested grades. English language arts results are notably stronger than math. In fourth and fifth grade, students are performing at solid proficiency rates in ELA; fifth graders, in particular, show higher achievement. Third-grade ELA also runs above the midpoint. Math proficiency drops meaningfully lower, especially in third and fifth grades, where fewer than half of students meet grade-level standards. Fifth-grade science is another area where achievement is clearly below the midpoint. Taken across all tested subjects and grades, Westcliff's overall proficiency sits above the midpoint among Tarrant County's districts, which is a meaningful position given the school's high-poverty enrollment. The school's ELA strength appears to be its most reliable asset, where roughly eight out of ten students reach the "approaches" level of proficiency, the state's lowest passing category.

Texas testing data does not include participation rates in the provided files, so a parent cannot see from this data whether absences or other factors affected testing completeness. Trend data was available only for the current school year, so whether Westcliff is moving up, holding steady, or sliding is not visible from the available information.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of Asian and white students and smaller numbers from other groups. The school does not report special-education or English-learner counts in the accessible data, so a parent seeking to understand how the school supports students with IEPs, speech services, or English-language development should ask the school directly.

As a regular public elementary school in Fort Worth ISD, Westcliff does not have alternative or magnet designation. The district has been growing rapidly alongside Fort Worth's population boom, though little information was available about district-level strategic changes or initiatives. A parent might contact the school or district directly to ask about curriculum choices, reading programs, math intervention pathways, and how teachers and specialists work together to address the gap between strong ELA and weaker math results, especially in third and fifth grades. For families in the area, Westcliff represents a neighborhood school where ELA instruction appears to be a strength but where math proficiency lags and where a high share of students are navigating economic hardship.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 14% · ▲ 27 pts above district

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

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 8% · ▲ 44 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 34%

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

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 16% · ▲ 31 pts above district

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

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 41% · ▲ 27 pts above district

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

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 46% · ▲ 22 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 2% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolFORT WORTH 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income85%55 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income68%Higher-income68%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income27%Higher-income71%44 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income41%Higher-income81%40 pp gap