Elmer C Watson High School
Public high school in Fort Worth, Texas · Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD · Grades 9–12
Elmer C Watson High School serves 90 students in grades 9–12 in Fort Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 31 schools in Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD. By enrollment it is the 1627th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 8.9 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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 ÷ 10.14 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 481770005450 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 90 | 23,982 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 8.9 | 15.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 53.3% | 49.8% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 15% 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.
Elmer C Watson High School in context
Size
Of the 5 high schools in Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD, Elmer C Watson High School is the smallest, with 0.4% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 922; Elmer C Watson High School is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
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 12 with 37 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 4, against an average of 23 per grade. This year grade 12 has 825% more students than grade 9 (37 against 4). 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: 37.8% here and 39.6% across Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD. White students are next, at 28.9%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
53.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 49.8% across Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 10.14 full-time-equivalent teachers for 90 students, Elmer C Watson High School has 8.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 90 students would have about 6.4 teachers, so Elmer C Watson High School has 3.7 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Elmer C Watson High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Boswell High School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 42 other high schools, 6 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 | 37.8% |
| White | 28.9% |
| Black | 26.7% |
| Two or more races | 5.6% |
| Asian | 1.1% |
42.2% of students are girls and 57.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 4 |
| Grade 10 | 16 |
| Grade 11 | 33 |
| Grade 12 | 37 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5901 Hereford Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76179
Phone: (817)238-7925
Website: emsisd.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Elmer C Watson High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boswell High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 1.2 mi | 2,445 | 18 | 40.8% |
| Chisholm Trail High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 2.0 mi | 2,258 | 16.2 | 46.4% |
| Marine Creek Collegiate High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.2 mi | 350 | 18.3 | 77.4% |
| Lake Worth High School | Lake Worth ISD | 3.0 mi | 953 | 15.5 | 86.9% |
| Saginaw High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 3.7 mi | 2,013 | 15.4 | 50.2% |
| Eagle Mountain High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 4.4 mi | 891 | 13.7 | 35.1% |
| Iltexas Keller Saginaw High School | International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas) | 5.0 mi | 747 | 13.5 | 51.4% |
| Premier H S - Fort Worth (Jacksboro) | Premier High Schools | 5.4 mi | 101 | 17.6 | 96% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.