Fossil Hill Middle

Summary:

Fossil Hill Middle is a public middle school located in Fort Worth, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 838. It is part of the Keller Independent School District, which is ranked 198 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fossil Hill Middle faces several challenges, including a diverse student population, lower academic performance compared to nearby schools like Indian Springs Middle, Timberview Middle, and Hillwood Middle, and significant disparities in subgroup outcomes. The school's proficiency rates in STAAR Reading (43.07% for 8th grade) and STAAR Mathematics (25.72% for 6th grade) are significantly below the Keller ISD and Texas state averages. Additionally, Fossil Hill Middle's performance on STAAR tests varies significantly across different student subgroups, with the school ranking particularly low for Asian, African American, and Hispanic students compared to their peers in Texas.

Despite having a higher per-student spending ($12,634 in 2020-2021) and a relatively low student-teacher ratio (9.9 in 2022-2023) compared to the nearby schools, Fossil Hill Middle's academic performance still lags behind its peers. This suggests a potential need for the school's leadership and the Keller ISD to closely examine the factors contributing to these issues and implement targeted strategies to improve the educational experiences and outcomes for all students at Fossil Hill Middle.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3821 Staghorn Cir S
       Fort Worth, TX  76137-1008


(817) 744-3050

District: Keller Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1507th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,634 Help


Students who attend Fossil Hill Middle usually attend:

High:    Fossil Ridge High School

Feeder schools for Fossil Hill Middle:

Elementary:    Bluebonnet Elementary
    North Riverside Elementary
    Parkview Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  9.9 Help
Number of students:  838

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
38.3%
White:
29.6%
African American:
16.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Fossil Hill Middle ranks worse than 63.8% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 6th among 7 ranked middle schools in the Keller Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.6. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Fossil Hill Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38.3%), White (29.6%), African American (16.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 61.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Keller Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fossil Hill Middle is 9.9, which is the lowest among 10 middle schools in the Keller Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fossil Hill Middle is $12,634, which is the highest among 10 middle schools in the Keller Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Fossil Hill Middle was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Fossil Hill Middle 1507th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Fossil Hill Middle in the ranking list.)

Keller Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Keller Independent School District (Isd) 198th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fossil Hill Middle

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Rank History for all students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 49.79 896th 1573 43.0%
2005 42.21 1040th 1582 34.3%
2006 58.64 706th 1585 55.5%
2007 61.66 648th 1684 61.5%
2008 74.99 275th 1718 84.0%
2009 70.04 417th 1763 76.3%
2010 68.47 447th 1803 75.2%
2011 61.65 724th 1895 61.8%
2012 68.50 532nd 1951 72.7%
2013 58.95 800th 1973 59.5%
2014 67.44 600th 1987 69.8%
2015 56.35 909th 2043 55.5%
2016 57.07 904th 1987 54.5%
2017 60.72 645th 2027 68.2%
2018 58.21 695th 2080 66.6%
2019 52.41 910th 2193 58.5%
2021 42.40 1238th 2252 45.0%
2022 33.63 1520th 2254 32.6%
2023 40.13 1390th 2330 40.3%
2024 36.60 1507th 2361 36.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.35 386th 720 46.4%
2019 22.03 652nd 753 13.4%
2021 20.76 656th 743 11.7%
2022 29.39 631st 813 22.4%
2023 36.09 552nd 817 32.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.54 175th 1376 87.3%
2019 56.33 430th 1445 70.2%
2021 55.93 467th 1592 70.7%
2022 38.08 993rd 1643 39.6%
2023 55.64 581st 1720 66.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.18 478th 1597 70.1%
2019 45.03 739th 1626 54.6%
2021 47.12 682nd 1712 60.2%
2022 49.35 675th 1757 61.6%
2023 35.18 1200th 1815 33.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.85 607th 2039 70.2%
2019 51.23 894th 2073 56.9%
2021 42.44 1222nd 2172 43.7%
2022 37.13 1453rd 2220 34.5%
2023 41.02 1340th 2251 40.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.56 744th 2008 62.9%
2019 52.90 868th 2047 57.6%
2021 45.08 1124th 2151 47.7%
2022 33.96 1507th 2221 32.1%
2023 40.74 1330th 2241 40.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.67 405th 1430 71.7%
2019 64.43 567th 1446 60.8%
2021 68.56 495th 1501 67.0%
2022 64.08 570th 1488 61.7%
2023 66.36 529th 1481 64.3%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.50 429th 2008 78.6%
2019 54.07 719th 2058 65.1%
2021 51.25 832nd 2118 60.7%
2022 35.60 1470th 2182 32.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.42 700th 2030 65.5%
2019 50.33 888th 2069 57.1%
2021 40.41 1243rd 2168 42.7%
2022 33.35 1526th 2228 31.5%
2023 39.91 1326th 2245 40.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.69 473rd 587 19.4%
2019 26.79 492nd 594 17.2%
2021 46.82 337th 589 42.8%
2022 16.25 560th 606 7.6%
2023 14.30 570th 616 7.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.08 493rd 1167 57.8%
2019 56.69 403rd 1193 66.2%
2021 36.98 766th 1213 36.9%
2022 28.38 988th 1251 21.0%
2023 31.54 898th 1273 29.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.70 739th 1895 61.0%
2019 46.59 971st 1935 49.8%
2021 36.51 1300th 2043 36.4%
2022 31.78 1518th 2077 26.9%
2023 43.50 1165th 2116 44.9%
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Rank History for White students at Fossil Hill Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.65 768th 1673 54.1%
2019 43.44 967th 1684 42.6%
2021 41.14 1037th 1700 39.0%
2022 36.06 1186th 1723 31.2%
2023 38.69 1159th 1749 33.7%
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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 Fossil Hill Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 631 27 62 47 1 n/a n/a 0 768
1990 671 33 56 63 3 n/a n/a 0 826
1991 495 21 35 52 2 n/a n/a 0 605
1992 531 27 40 48 4 n/a n/a 0 650
1993 547 32 46 57 1 n/a n/a 0 683
1994 635 45 33 72 0 n/a n/a 0 785
1995 746 49 54 93 5 n/a n/a 0 947
1996 746 49 54 93 5 n/a n/a 0 947
1997 819 61 55 97 5 n/a n/a 0 1037
1998 929 64 79 106 4 n/a n/a 0 1182
1999 965 74 73 119 3 n/a n/a 0 1234
2000 952 90 77 128 3 n/a n/a 0 1250
2001 620 87 72 134 5 n/a n/a 0 918
2002 646 90 88 176 4 n/a n/a 0 1004
2003 646 90 88 176 4 n/a n/a 0 1004
2004 535 91 91 169 7 n/a n/a 0 893
2005 515 86 97 211 7 n/a n/a 0 916
2006 553 112 94 219 1 n/a n/a 0 979
2007 531 132 94 219 9 n/a n/a 0 985
2008 487 125 103 239 7 n/a n/a 0 961
2009 510 152 103 293 5 n/a n/a 0 1063
2010 513 136 105 288 10 n/a n/a 0 1052
2011 408 111 81 242 14 1 31 0 888
2012 408 110 74 266 19 0 33 0 910
2013 381 116 99 275 18 0 25 0 914
2014 354 120 118 349 7 0 35 0 983
2015 335 122 97 330 4 1 29 0 918
2016 290 132 91 288 2 1 33 0 837
2017 312 141 115 324 1 0 37 0 930
2018 389 147 109 341 2 1 41 0 1030
2019 388 124 95 301 2 7 38 0 955
2020 297 107 88 290 2 4 41 0 829
2021 249 87 59 288 4 2 54 0 743
2022 279 142 61 348 2 7 77 0 916
2023 248 138 57 321 1 6 67 0 838

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 Fossil Hill Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 768 n/a n/a n/a
1990 826 39.0 21.1 n/a
1991 605 39.0 15.5 n/a
1992 650 33.5 19.4 6.8
1993 683 37.0 18.5 11.3
1994 785 45.5 17.3 6.5
1995 947 48.4 19.6 8.9
1996 947 48.4 19.6 8.9
1997 1037 52.6 19.7 10.1
1998 1182 58.7 20.1 8.4
1999 1234 66.3 18.6 11.7
2000 1250 66.1 18.9 13.5
2001 918 46.8 19.6 13.7
2002 1004 54.5 18.4 17
2003 1004 54.5 18.4 17
2004 893 51.9 17.2 22.4
2005 916 53.5 17.1 25.8
2006 979 55.5 17.6 23.7
2007 985 60.6 16.3 25.2
2008 961 67.5 14.2 28.4
2009 1063 67.4 15.8 34
2010 1052 69.0 15.2 35.5
2011 888 54.4 16.3 40.8
2012 910 53.0 17.1 42.5
2013 914 56.7 16.1 43.2
2014 983 62.6 15.6 44.7
2015 918 66.0 13.9 48.7
2016 837 65.0 12.8 50.8
2017 930 68.0 13.6 48.9
2018 1030 69.6 14.7 48
2019 955 68.9 13.8 51.7
2020 829 72.8 11.3 52.4
2021 743 66.9 11.0 53.2
2022 916 86.4 10.5 47.9
2023 838 84.3 9.9 61.2

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 Fossil Hill Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 768 n/a n/a n/a
1990 826 39.0 21.1 n/a
1991 605 39.0 15.5 n/a
1992 650 33.5 19.4 6.8
1993 683 37.0 18.5 11.3
1994 785 45.5 17.3 6.5
1995 947 48.4 19.6 8.9
1996 947 48.4 19.6 8.9
1997 1037 52.6 19.7 10.1
1998 1182 58.7 20.1 8.4
1999 1234 66.3 18.6 11.7
2000 1250 66.1 18.9 13.5
2001 918 46.8 19.6 13.7
2002 1004 54.5 18.4 17
2003 1004 54.5 18.4 17
2004 893 51.9 17.2 22.4
2005 916 53.5 17.1 25.8
2006 979 55.5 17.6 23.7
2007 985 60.6 16.3 25.2
2008 961 67.5 14.2 28.4
2009 1063 67.4 15.8 34
2010 1052 69.0 15.2 35.5
2011 888 54.4 16.3 40.8
2012 910 53.0 17.1 42.5
2013 914 56.7 16.1 43.2
2014 983 62.6 15.6 44.7
2015 918 66.0 13.9 48.7
2016 837 65.0 12.8 50.8
2017 930 68.0 13.6 48.9
2018 1030 69.6 14.7 48
2019 955 68.9 13.8 51.7
2020 829 72.8 11.3 52.4
2021 743 66.9 11.0 53.2
2022 916 86.4 10.5 47.9
2023 838 84.3 9.9 61.2

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 Fossil Hill Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $936 (9.7%) $8,702 (90.3%) $9,638
2020 $952 (8.3%) $10,527 (91.7%) $11,479
2021 $1,394 (11.0%) $11,240 (89.0%) $12,634

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 910th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1390th of 2330 Middle schools
 18.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Fossil Hill Middle)5145
 6%
   7th Grade Reading (Keller Independent School District (Isd))6567
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Fossil Hill Middle)2823
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Keller Independent School District (Isd))3939
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Fossil Hill Middle)5739
 18%
   8th Grade Reading (Keller Independent School District (Isd))7161
 10%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Fossil Hill Middle)5345
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Keller Independent School District (Isd))6960
 9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Fossil Hill Middle)4127
 14%
   8th Grade Science (Keller Independent School District (Isd))6245
 17%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Fossil Hill Middle)3731
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Keller Independent School District (Isd))5146
 5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Fossil Hill Middle)8990
 1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Keller Independent School District (Isd))7861
 17%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students955838
 12.3%
African American124138
 11.3%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian9557
 40%
Hispanic301321
 6.6%
Pacific Islander76
 14.3%
White388248
 36.1%
Two or More Races3867
 76.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients51.7%61.2%
 9.5%


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Fossil Hill Middle ranks 1507th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Fossil Hill Middle usually go on to attend Fossil Ridge High School

Students at Fossil Hill Middle are 38% Hispanic, 30% White, 16% African American, 8% Two or more races, 7% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 838 students attended Fossil Hill Middle.


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