Watauga Elementary School
Public elementary school in Watauga, Texas · Birdville ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Watauga Elementary School serves 700 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Watauga (Tarrant County). It is one of 30 schools in Birdville ISD. By enrollment it is the 919th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 46.74 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Birdville ISD |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Provision 1, 2 or 3) |
| NCES school ID | 481023000504 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Birdville ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 700 | 22,267 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15 | 15.3 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 82.7% | 60% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 53% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Watauga Elementary School in context
Size
Watauga Elementary School is the largest of Birdville ISD's 19 elementary schools; its 700 students are 3.1% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 431; Watauga Elementary 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 2 with 120 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 71, against an average of 100 per grade. This year grade 5 has 29% more students than kindergarten (115 against 89). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 71 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 71.1% here and 48% across Birdville ISD. White students are next, at 19%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
82.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 60% across Birdville ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under Provision 2 or 3 of the National School Lunch Program, every student eats at no charge; meal applications are only collected in a base year.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 46.74 full-time-equivalent teachers for 700 students, Watauga Elementary School has 15 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 700 students would have about 47.3 teachers, so Watauga Elementary School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Watauga Elementary School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other elementary school is Grace E Hardeman Elementary School, 0.7 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 153 other elementary schools, 43 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 | 71.1% |
| White | 19% |
| Black | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 3% |
| Asian | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1% |
50.6% of students are girls and 49.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 71 |
| Kindergarten | 89 |
| Grade 1 | 96 |
| Grade 2 | 120 |
| Grade 3 | 107 |
| Grade 4 | 102 |
| Grade 5 | 115 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5937 Whitley Rd, Watauga, TX 76148
Phone: (817)547-2700
Website: birdvilleschools.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Watauga Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace E Hardeman Elementary School | Birdville ISD | 0.7 mi | 600 | 15.1 | 65% |
| Newman International Academy Watauga | Newman International Academy of Arlington | 1.4 mi | 306 | 26.1 | 35.9% |
| John D Spicer Elementary School | Birdville ISD | 1.4 mi | 431 | 14.6 | 67.7% |
| Bluebonnet Elementary School | Keller ISD | 1.7 mi | 546 | 13.4 | 46.7% |
| Whitley Road Elementary School | Keller ISD | 1.8 mi | 323 | 11.7 | 58.8% |
| Snow Heights Elementary School | Birdville ISD | 1.8 mi | 380 | 14.8 | 38.9% |
| Foster Village Elementary School | Birdville ISD | 2.0 mi | 430 | 15.5 | 60.7% |
| O H Stowe Elementary School | Birdville ISD | 2.1 mi | 660 | 14.4 | 73.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.