V R Eaton High School
Public high school in Fort Worth, Texas · Northwest ISD · Grades 9–12
V R Eaton High School serves 3,288 students in grades 9–12 in Fort Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 35 schools in Northwest ISD. By enrollment it is the 52nd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 17.9 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 ÷ 183.53 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Northwest ISD |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 483318013139 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Northwest ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 3,288 | 32,098 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 17.9 | 15.4 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | 29.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 85% 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.
V R Eaton High School in context
Size
V R Eaton High School is the largest of Northwest ISD's 5 high schools; its 3,288 students are 10.2% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 5 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,452; V R Eaton 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 876 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 773, against an average of 822 per grade. This year grade 12 has 12% fewer students than grade 9 (773 against 876). 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: 44.3% here and 47.4% across Northwest ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 26.4%. Students from all 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 183.53 full-time-equivalent teachers for 3,288 students, V R Eaton High School has 17.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 3,288 students would have about 234.9 teachers, so V R Eaton High School has 51.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
V R Eaton High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Iltexas Keller Saginaw High School, 2.2 miles away in International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas). Within 10 miles there are 21 other high schools, 4 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 | 44.3% |
| Hispanic | 26.4% |
| Black | 17.9% |
| Asian | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
47.7% of students are girls and 52.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 876 |
| Grade 10 | 804 |
| Grade 11 | 835 |
| Grade 12 | 773 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1350 Eagle Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76052
Phone: (817)698-3955
Website: ehs.nisdtx.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: V R Eaton High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iltexas Keller Saginaw High School | International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas) | 2.2 mi | 747 | 13.5 | 51.4% |
| Legacy Learning Center | Northwest ISD | 3.0 mi | 50 | 12.5 | – |
| Eagle Mountain High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 3.0 mi | 891 | 13.7 | 35.1% |
| Boswell High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 4.5 mi | 2,445 | 18 | 40.8% |
| Elmer C Watson High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 5.5 mi | 90 | 8.9 | 53.3% |
| Saginaw High School | Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD | 5.6 mi | 2,013 | 15.4 | 50.2% |
| Timber Creek High School | Keller ISD | 5.9 mi | 2,970 | 16.9 | 26.8% |
| Fossil Ridge High School | Keller ISD | 6.3 mi | 2,140 | 14.6 | 50.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.