Eastern Hills High School
Public high school in Fort Worth, Texas · Fort Worth ISD · Grades 9–12
Eastern Hills High School serves 1,189 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 526th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.4 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 ÷ 77.1 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 | 481970001857 |
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 | 1,189 | 70,405 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 89.2% | 83.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 63% 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.
Eastern Hills High School in context
Size
Eastern Hills High School is the 9th largest of Fort Worth ISD's 26 high schools; its 1,189 students are 1.7% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3 miles away with a median enrollment of 442; Eastern Hills 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 487 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 197, against an average of 297 per grade. This year grade 12 has 60% fewer students than grade 9 (197 against 487). 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: 46.4% here and 66.2% across Fort Worth ISD. Black students are next, at 44%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
89.2% 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 77.1 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,189 students, Eastern Hills High School has 15.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,189 students would have about 84.9 teachers, so Eastern Hills High School has 7.8 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Eastern Hills High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Young Men's Leadership Academy, 1.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 54 other high schools, 14 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 | 46.4% |
| Black | 44% |
| White | 4% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |
| Asian | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
46.7% of students are girls and 53.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 487 |
| Grade 10 | 288 |
| Grade 11 | 217 |
| Grade 12 | 197 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5701 Shelton St, Fort Worth, TX 76112
Phone: (817)815-4000
Website: fortworthisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Eastern Hills High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Leadership Academy | Fort Worth ISD | 1.6 mi | 418 | 11.3 | 74.4% |
| Dunbar High School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.9 mi | 821 | 14.8 | 92.6% |
| New Heights | New Heights | 2.0 mi | 588 | 32.4 | – |
| Metro Opportunity | Fort Worth ISD | 2.6 mi | 73 | 5.3 | 95.9% |
| IDEA Achieve College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 3.3 mi | 466 | 12.7 | 86.9% |
| Polytechnic High School | Fort Worth ISD | 3.4 mi | 1,375 | 16.9 | 91.3% |
| Paint Rock Panther Academy | Paint Rock ISD | 3.8 mi | 23 | 5.1 | – |
| Uplift Mighty Prep High School | Uplift Education | 3.9 mi | 402 | 14.9 | 88.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.