Atherton El
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 6 · Arlington, Texas
Atherton El in Arlington, Texas enrolled 474 students in 2024-25 with 36.3 full-time teachers, 13.1 students per teacher against the Texas elementary-school median of 14.8. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
- Official name
- ATHERTON EL
- Level
- Elementary, pre-kindergarten to grade 6
- District
- Arlington ISD 4808700
- Address
- 2101 OVERBROOK DR, Arlington, TX 76014
- Phone
- (682) 867-4900
- Type
- Traditional public school
- Status
- Open in 2024-25
Grades offered in 2024-25
Title I, 2021-22: Atherton El ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status. Meals, 2024-25: Every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25), so the free-lunch share above counts qualified students, not who eats free.
Enrollment fell 11% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady
535 students in 2022-23, 523 students in 2023-24, 474 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 36.4 to 36.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 535 | 36.4 | 14.7 |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 36.0 | 14.5 |
| 2024-25 | 474 | 36.3 | 13.1 |
13.1 students per teacher: fewer than 79 of every 100 Texas elementary schools
Among the 4,584 Texas elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.8; the national median is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 560 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Atherton El enrolled 560 students and had 1.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 6 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 560 of the 560 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions6
- Chronically absent36.7% (2021-22)
Who attends
63.1% of students were Hispanic, 24.9% Black, 5.5% White in 2024-25.
- Hispanic63.1%
- Black24.9%
- White5.5%
- Asian3.8%
- Two or more races2.5%
- Pacific Islander0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2021-22; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Arlington
63 public elementary schools in Arlington report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach El | 936 | 15.2 | 87.3% |
| Thornton El | 849 | 15.4 | 92.6% |
| Viridian El | 845 | 17.7 | 15.5% |
| Moore El | 839 | 15.4 | 44.8% |
| Bebensee El | 765 | 15.6 | 77.6% |
| Ellis El | 753 | 15.3 | 85.7% |
| Adams El | 743 | 14.7 | 88.8% |
| Little El | 740 | 15.8 | 39.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
Questions about Atherton El
How many students attend Atherton El?
474 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 535 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Arlington, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Atherton El?
13.1 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Texas median for elementary schools is 14.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Is Atherton El a Title I school?
Atherton El ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
What district is Atherton El in?
Arlington ISD, NCES district ID 4808700. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 480870000233 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2021-22: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.