Public school district · City: Large
Texas · Tarrant County

Fort Worth ISD

70,405 students · 137 schools · 14.9:1 ratio · grades PreK–12 · #10 of 1211 in Texas

Students
70,405
Schools
137
Teachers (FTE)
4,722
Student–Teacher
14.9:1
County
Tarrant
Grades
PreK–12
OverviewEnrollmentDemographicsStaffingFundingPerformanceAccreditationCompareFull data
Overview

About Fort Worth ISD

Fort Worth ISD is a public school system serving Tarrant County, Texas, based in Fort Worth. It serves 70,405 students across 137 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: large district. By enrollment it is the #10 largest of Texas’s 1211 school systems.

Phone8178142000
Address7060 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76116
CountyTarrant County
Enrollment & schools

Size and structure

Fort Worth ISD enrolls 70,405 students in 137 schools — an average of about 514 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #10 of 1211 statewide by enrollment.

Students
70,405
#10 of 1211 in Texas
Schools
137
~514 students each
Grade span
PreK–12
City: Large
Students & demographics

Who the district serves

Student race and ethnicity in Fort Worth ISD, from the NCES Common Core of Data (70,405 students reported):

White
11%
Black
19%
Hispanic
66%
Asian
2%
Two or more
2%
Amer. Indian
0%
Pacific Isl.
0%

For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.

Staffing & support

Teachers & staff

Fort Worth ISD employs about 4,722 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1 — above the Texas average of about 14.9:1. Total district staff is roughly 9,400.

Student–teacher ratio
14.9:1
state avg ~14.9:1
Teachers (FTE)
4,722
classroom teachers
Total staff
9,400
all district employees

Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.

Funding

How Texas funds schools

Texas funds districts through the Foundation School Program, combining state aid and local property taxes. It starts from a Basic Allotment per student in average daily attendance — $6,215 for 2025–26 after HB 2 (2025) raised it from $6,160 — then adds weighted allotments for compensatory, bilingual, special-education, career-and-technical and other needs. Property-wealthy districts return excess local revenue to the state through recapture (“Robin Hood”) for redistribution.

District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Fort Worth ISD are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.

Accountability

Report card & state results

Texas assigns A–F accountability ratings across Student Achievement, School Progress and Closing the Gaps. Look up Fort Worth ISD’s ratings through the TEA School and District Accountability portal, which links to the TXschools.gov rating lookup.

Accreditation

Accreditation status

Texas accredits public districts itself: the Texas Education Agency assigns each district an accreditation status (Accredited, Accredited-Warned, Accredited-Probation or Not Accredited-Revoked), separate from any voluntary Cognia accreditation. See the Texas Education Agency for a district’s status.

How it compares

Fort Worth ISD vs. Texas

Enrollment rank
#10
of 1211 districts
Ratio
14.9:1
state avg ~14.9:1
Locale
City: Large
Tarrant County

See every Texas district side by side in the Texas directory.

Go deeper

Look up Fort Worth ISD’s full data

These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):

Data & sources

About this data

Enrollment, demographics, staffing, locale and contact details reflect the NCES Common Core of Data (2024–25); funding context from the Texas Legislature (the Foundation School Program) and NEA Rankings & Estimates 2026. Figures are the latest available and may lag the current school year. This page is informational, not an official district record, and not affiliated with or endorsed by Fort Worth ISD. NCES District ID (LEAID): 4819700. Confirm current details with the district and the Texas Education Agency.