Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
Public high school (charter) in Fort Worth, Texas · Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts · Grades 7–12
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts serves 415 students in grades 7–12 in Fort Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 2 schools in Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. By enrollment it is the 1003rd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 11.8 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 ÷ 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480023109030 |
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 Academy of Fine Arts | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 415 | 670 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 32% 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.
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts in context
Size
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts is the only high school in Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. Its 415 students are 61.9% of the district's 670. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 870; Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts is smaller than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 7 with 83 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 52, against an average of 69 per grade. This year grade 12 has 20% fewer students than grade 7 (66 against 83). 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 White students: 49.2% here and 44.3% across Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. Hispanic students are next, at 24.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers for 415 students, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts has 11.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 415 students would have about 29.6 teachers, so Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts has 5.7 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Success High School, 2.3 miles away in Fort Worth ISD. Within 10 miles there are 47 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
| White | 49.2% |
| Hispanic | 24.6% |
| Black | 16.1% |
| Two or more races | 7.7% |
| Asian | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
76.4% of students are girls and 23.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 83 |
| Grade 8 | 81 |
| Grade 9 | 66 |
| Grade 10 | 67 |
| Grade 11 | 52 |
| Grade 12 | 66 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3901 S Hulen St, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Phone: (817)924-1482
Website: artsacademics.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.3 mi | 585 | 28.9 | 85% |
| Paschal High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.7 mi | 2,127 | 16.7 | 59.4% |
| Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program | Fort Worth ISD | 2.7 mi | 12 | 3.6 | – |
| Southwest High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.8 mi | 1,155 | 13.7 | 84.7% |
| Arlington Heights High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.8 mi | 1,898 | 16 | 67.8% |
| Premier H S of Fort Worth | Premier High Schools | 2.9 mi | 124 | 24.8 | 90.3% |
| South Hills High School | Fort Worth ISD | 3.1 mi | 1,846 | 16 | 90.5% |
| Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth | Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) | 3.1 mi | 167 | 26.4 | 63.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Elementary School | Elementary | 3–6 | 255 |