Carter-Riverside High School
Public high school in Fort Worth, Texas · Fort Worth ISD · Grades 9–12
Carter-Riverside High School serves 1,039 students in grades 9–12 in Fort Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 132 schools in Fort Worth ISD. By enrollment it is the 570th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.9 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 65.2 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Fort Worth ISD |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481970001839 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Fort Worth ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,039 | 70,405 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.9 | 15.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 90.7% | 83.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 68% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Carter-Riverside High School in context
Size
Carter-Riverside High School is the 11th largest of Fort Worth ISD's 26 high schools; its 1,039 students are 1.5% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 389; Carter-Riverside High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 318 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 227, against an average of 260 per grade. This year grade 12 has 29% fewer students than grade 9 (227 against 318). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 89.1% here and 66.2% across Fort Worth ISD. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
90.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 83.1% across Fort Worth ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 65.2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,039 students, Carter-Riverside High School has 15.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,039 students would have about 74.2 teachers, so Carter-Riverside High School has 9 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Carter-Riverside High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Detent Center, 1.1 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 54 other high schools, 17 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 89.1% |
| White | 4.4% |
| Black | 3.8% |
| Asian | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
44.1% of students are girls and 55.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 318 |
| Grade 10 | 243 |
| Grade 11 | 251 |
| Grade 12 | 227 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3301 Yucca Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76111
Phone: (817)814-9000
Website: fortworthisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Carter-Riverside High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detent Center | Fort Worth ISD | 1.1 mi | 102 | 15.3 | – |
| IDEA Achieve College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 2.2 mi | 466 | 12.7 | 86.9% |
| Im Terrell Academy for STEM and Vpa | Fort Worth ISD | 2.4 mi | 470 | 11.9 | 48.7% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy | Fort Worth ISD | 2.5 mi | 403 | 11.7 | 62.3% |
| Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue | Texans Can Academies | 2.6 mi | 319 | 28.1 | 88.4% |
| Texas Academy of Biomedical | Fort Worth ISD | 2.8 mi | 374 | 18.4 | 72.7% |
| Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.9 mi | 877 | 13.5 | 94.5% |
| Bob E Griggs High School | Birdville ISD | 3.1 mi | 140 | 6.7 | 68.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.