Berry Elementary

Summary:

Berry Elementary is a public elementary school in Arlington, Texas, serving 613 students in grades PK-6. The school is part of the Arlington Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 683 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Berry Elementary faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools over the past decade. The school's performance on STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 25-38% of students proficient or better in Reading and 22.5-27.38% in Mathematics. The school's Hispanic and African American student subgroups perform particularly poorly, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of their respective statewide subgroups. Despite a relatively low student-teacher ratio and high spending per student, Berry Elementary's academic outcomes remain concerning.

While the nearby schools in the Arlington ISD also struggle with low performance, some schools, such as Blanton Elementary and Rankin Elementary, demonstrate relatively stronger academic outcomes compared to Berry Elementary. Analyzing the practices and strategies employed by these higher-performing schools could offer valuable insights and potential best practices that could be replicated at Berry Elementary to drive meaningful and sustainable improvements.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 1800 Joyce St
       Arlington, TX  76010-2199


(682) 867-0850

District: Arlington Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
4129th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,215 Help


Students who attend Berry Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Carter J H
High:    Sam Houston High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.9 Help
Number of students:  613

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.8%
African American:
10.1%
White:
1.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  90.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Berry Elementary ranks worse than 88.3% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 41st among 52 ranked elementary schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.09. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.8%), African American (10.1%), White (1.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 90.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Berry Elementary is 15.9. 40 elementary schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Berry Elementary is $11,215, which is the 6th highest among 52 elementary schools in the Arlington Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger Rankings:

Berry Elementary was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

Arlington Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Arlington Independent School District (Isd) 683rd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Berry Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 39.68 2489th 3465 28.2%
2005 37.36 2577th 3475 25.8%
2006 32.20 2761st 3476 20.6%
2007 27.35 3169th 3724 14.9%
2008 22.45 3363rd 3768 10.7%
2009 20.23 3548th 3884 8.7%
2010 23.76 3501st 3937 11.1%
2011 25.82 3550th 4095 13.3%
2012 32.53 3295th 4206 21.7%
2013 23.36 3672nd 4221 13.0%
2014 11.73 4078th 4260 4.3%
2015 9.50 4138th 4320 4.2%
2016 15.67 3902nd 4286 9.0%
2017 17.92 3884th 4329 10.3%
2018 20.02 3808th 4359 12.6%
2019 22.53 3777th 4479 15.7%
2021 13.54 4314th 4578 5.8%
2022 16.27 4145th 4581 9.5%
2023 18.60 4092nd 4647 11.9%
2024 18.09 4129th 4675 11.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.86 2221st 3226 31.2%
2019 41.51 2030th 3333 39.1%
2021 30.23 2648th 3446 23.2%
2022 35.40 2476th 3487 29.0%
2023 39.31 2295th 3556 35.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.92 2923rd 3558 17.8%
2019 28.83 2921st 3684 20.7%
2021 27.57 3005th 3799 20.9%
2022 24.92 3391st 3952 14.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.15 3304th 4264 22.5%
2019 35.39 3101st 4309 28.0%
2021 20.03 4031st 4451 9.4%
2022 23.09 3893rd 4477 13.0%
2023 26.26 3753rd 4521 17.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.59 3275th 4306 23.9%
2019 24.08 3673rd 4348 15.5%
2021 14.39 4260th 4499 5.3%
2022 16.03 4185th 4561 8.2%
2023 22.11 3922nd 4588 14.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.25 2554th 3106 17.8%
2019 30.49 2682nd 3184 15.8%
2021 10.84 2824th 3006 6.1%
2022 27.35 2544th 2958 14.0%
2023 32.86 2487th 2980 16.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.82 2895th 4240 31.7%
2019 46.20 2241st 4295 47.8%
2021 29.91 3372nd 4331 22.1%
2022 37.11 3013th 4461 32.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.89 4064th 4319 5.9%
2019 24.57 3640th 4357 16.5%
2021 15.87 4139th 4498 8.0%
2022 19.78 4007th 4563 12.2%
2023 18.41 4086th 4585 10.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.88 2144th 2515 14.8%
2021 9.21 2438th 2444 0.2%
2022 10.36 2380th 2421 1.7%
2023 25.75 2032nd 2443 16.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.89 3537th 4168 15.1%
2019 30.31 3271st 4188 21.9%
2021 19.01 3949th 4329 8.8%
2022 23.09 3802nd 4376 13.1%
2023 24.81 3681st 4401 16.4%
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Rank History for White students at Berry Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.58 2772nd 3127 11.4%
2019 9.73 3047th 3142 3.0%
2021 0.80 3079th 3082 0.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Berry Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 375 57 3 78 3 n/a n/a 0 516
1989 372 55 7 106 2 n/a n/a 0 542
1990 397 26 13 103 2 n/a n/a 0 541
1991 363 32 22 89 5 n/a n/a 0 511
1992 376 31 18 107 7 n/a n/a 0 539
1993 363 45 17 120 0 n/a n/a 0 545
1994 348 57 20 170 2 n/a n/a 0 597
1995 319 56 11 244 6 n/a n/a 0 636
1996 319 56 11 244 6 n/a n/a 0 636
1997 323 68 14 307 6 n/a n/a 0 718
1998 314 86 18 334 4 n/a n/a 0 756
1999 312 81 16 359 11 n/a n/a 0 779
2000 282 72 19 383 7 n/a n/a 0 763
2001 265 76 25 469 11 n/a n/a 0 846
2002 145 79 20 481 3 n/a n/a 0 728
2003 145 79 20 481 3 n/a n/a 0 728
2004 144 81 18 506 2 n/a n/a 0 751
2005 125 54 16 477 8 n/a n/a 0 680
2006 123 50 17 494 7 n/a n/a 0 691
2007 127 53 12 546 7 n/a n/a 0 745
2008 119 73 10 530 5 n/a n/a 0 737
2009 105 64 12 558 3 n/a n/a 0 742
2010 109 57 7 642 5 n/a n/a 0 820
2011 90 46 6 624 7 0 2 0 775
2012 85 49 5 654 5 0 5 0 803
2013 78 49 5 679 4 0 4 0 819
2014 53 61 6 707 5 0 5 0 837
2015 53 49 5 635 3 0 5 0 750
2016 45 43 4 649 1 0 9 0 751
2017 42 39 3 619 0 0 8 0 711
2018 35 37 1 596 1 0 8 0 678
2019 41 34 1 599 0 0 13 0 688
2020 36 43 4 554 1 2 6 0 646
2021 20 31 5 472 1 3 6 0 538
2022 16 89 5 556 0 0 5 0 671
2023 10 62 4 532 0 0 5 0 613

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Berry Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 516 29.0 17.7 n/a
1989 542 n/a n/a n/a
1990 541 32.0 16.9 n/a
1991 511 31.9 16.0 n/a
1992 539 31.3 17.2 33.8
1993 545 30.0 18.2 48.8
1994 597 34.2 17.5 52.3
1995 636 39.5 16.1 52.8
1996 636 39.5 16.1 52.8
1997 718 42.5 16.9 58.1
1998 756 45.7 16.5 56.7
1999 779 43.8 17.8 67.8
2000 763 47.1 16.2 71.6
2001 846 51.0 16.6 76.2
2002 728 42.9 17.0 79.9
2003 728 42.9 17.0 79.9
2004 751 45.0 16.7 84.2
2005 680 42.0 16.2 84.6
2006 691 41.4 16.7 89.7
2007 745 43.7 17.0 89.1
2008 737 43.6 16.9 87.5
2009 742 43.5 17.0 86.4
2010 820 46.8 17.4 88
2011 775 46.5 16.6 90.6
2012 803 46.5 17.2 92.2
2013 819 46.5 17.5 94.1
2014 837 47.5 17.6 91
2015 750 46.0 16.3 93.5
2016 751 43.0 17.4 94.8
2017 711 42.9 16.5 93.8
2018 678 42.2 16.0 90.3
2019 688 41.4 16.6 97.8
2020 646 39.4 16.3 98.3
2021 538 44.0 12.2 90
2022 671 45.4 14.7 93.1
2023 613 38.4 15.9 90.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Berry Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 516 29.0 17.7 n/a
1989 542 n/a n/a n/a
1990 541 32.0 16.9 n/a
1991 511 31.9 16.0 n/a
1992 539 31.3 17.2 33.8
1993 545 30.0 18.2 48.8
1994 597 34.2 17.5 52.3
1995 636 39.5 16.1 52.8
1996 636 39.5 16.1 52.8
1997 718 42.5 16.9 58.1
1998 756 45.7 16.5 56.7
1999 779 43.8 17.8 67.8
2000 763 47.1 16.2 71.6
2001 846 51.0 16.6 76.2
2002 728 42.9 17.0 79.9
2003 728 42.9 17.0 79.9
2004 751 45.0 16.7 84.2
2005 680 42.0 16.2 84.6
2006 691 41.4 16.7 89.7
2007 745 43.7 17.0 89.1
2008 737 43.6 16.9 87.5
2009 742 43.5 17.0 86.4
2010 820 46.8 17.4 88
2011 775 46.5 16.6 90.6
2012 803 46.5 17.2 92.2
2013 819 46.5 17.5 94.1
2014 837 47.5 17.6 91
2015 750 46.0 16.3 93.5
2016 751 43.0 17.4 94.8
2017 711 42.9 16.5 93.8
2018 678 42.2 16.0 90.3
2019 688 41.4 16.6 97.8
2020 646 39.4 16.3 98.3
2021 538 44.0 12.2 90
2022 671 45.4 14.7 93.1
2023 613 38.4 15.9 90.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Berry Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,006 (10.0%) $9,062 (90.0%) $10,068
2020 $1,171 (12.9%) $7,939 (87.1%) $9,110
2021 $956 (8.5%) $10,259 (91.5%) $11,215

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Berry Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3777th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 4092nd of 4647 Elementary schools
 3.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Berry Elementary)2025
 5%
   3rd Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3739
 2%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Berry Elementary)4116
 25%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3933
 6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Berry Elementary)013
 13%
   3rd Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3014
 16%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (Berry Elementary)3035
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3738
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Berry Elementary)3428
 6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3938
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Berry Elementary)2829
 1%
   5th Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4542
 3%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Berry Elementary)2429
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4737
 10%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Berry Elementary)1416
 2%
   5th Grade Science (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3825
 13%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
6th Grade Reading (Berry Elementary)2533
 8%
   6th Grade Reading (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))3743
 6%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Berry Elementary)3830
 8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Arlington Independent School District (Isd))4934
 15%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students688613
 10.9%
African American3462
 82.4%
American Indian00
Asian14
 300%
Hispanic599532
 11.2%
Pacific Islander00
White4110
 75.6%
Two or More Races135
 61.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients97.8%90.9%
 7%


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Berry Elementary ranks in the bottom 11.7% of Texas elementary schools.

Students who attend Berry Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carter J H
High : Sam Houston High School

Students at Berry Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 10% African American, 2% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 613 students attended Berry Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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