New Heights
Public high school (charter) in Fort Worth, Texas · New Heights · Grades 9–12
New Heights serves 588 students in grades 9–12 in Fort Worth (Tarrant County). It is the only school in New Heights. By enrollment it is the 821st largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 32.4 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 ÷ 18.17 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | New Heights |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 489913823229 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | New Heights | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 588 | 588 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 32.4 | 32.4 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 99% 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.
New Heights in context
Size
New Heights is the only school in New Heights, so its 588 students are the district's whole enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.7 miles away and have a median of 410 students, so New Heights is larger 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. 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 9 with 204 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 102, against an average of 147 per grade. This year grade 12 has 50% fewer students than grade 9 (102 against 204). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 53.2% of enrollment, about the same share as across Texas public schools (53.5%). Black students are next, at 22.8%. 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. State shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
New Heights has 18.17 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 32.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 588 students would have about 42 teachers, so New Heights has 23.8 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Dunbar High School, 0.1 miles away in Fort Worth ISD. There are 12 high schools within 5 miles and 56 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 53.2% |
| Black | 22.8% |
| White | 22.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
77.4% of students are girls and 22.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 204 |
| Grade 10 | 135 |
| Grade 11 | 147 |
| Grade 12 | 102 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5901 Fitzhugh Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76119
Phone: (737)347-3929
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: New Heights. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar High School | Fort Worth ISD | 0.1 mi | 821 | 14.8 | 92.6% |
| Young Men's Leadership Academy | Fort Worth ISD | 1.0 mi | 418 | 11.3 | 74.4% |
| Eastern Hills High School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.0 mi | 1,189 | 15.4 | 89.2% |
| Metro Opportunity | Fort Worth ISD | 2.7 mi | 73 | 5.3 | 95.9% |
| Arlington College and Career High School | Arlington ISD | 2.7 mi | 340 | 17.9 | 78.2% |
| Paint Rock Panther Academy | Paint Rock ISD | 3.0 mi | 23 | 5.1 | – |
| Uplift Mighty Prep High School | Uplift Education | 3.1 mi | 402 | 14.9 | 88.3% |
| Polytechnic High School | Fort Worth ISD | 3.5 mi | 1,375 | 16.9 | 91.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.