Polytechnic High School

Accountability rating (2021-2022)

C

Fort Worth ISD: Not Rated: Data Under Review

Total students

1,324

Avg. teacher experience

9.4 years

Fort Worth ISD: 11.7 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Four-year graduation rate

78.3 %

Fort Worth ISD: 85.7%

Statewide: 90%

Polytechnic High School is a high school in Fort Worth, TX, in the Fort Worth ISD school district. As of the 2021-2022 school year, it had 1,324 students. 90.1% of students were considered at risk of dropping out of school. 48.4% of students were enrolled in bilingual and English language learning programs.

The school received an accountability rating of C for the 2021-2022 school year.

In the Class of 2021, 78.3% of students received their high school diplomas on time or earlier. The dropout rate for students in grades 9-12 was 6.3% during the 2020-2021 school year.

The average SAT score at Polytechnic High School was 831 for 2020-2021 graduates.

As of the 2021-2022 school year, an average teacher's salary was $65,602, which is $6,715 more than the state average. On average, teachers had 9.4 years of experience.

Take our public schools explorer survey
Click or tap the map to enable panning and zooming.

Contact information

Website

www.fortworthisd.org

Address

1300 Conner Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76105-1493

Office phone number

(817) 814-0000

Principal

Higher Ed Outcomes

Students in Polytechnic High School are part of the Texas Education Agency’s Region 11. Students who started eighth grade in 2011 in this region had a college graduation rate of 22.4 percent. View a more comprehensive breakdown of the higher education outcomes in Region 11.

Demographics

Race and ethnicity

Total students

1,324

African American

253 (19.1%)

Fort Worth ISD: 20.5%

Statewide: 12.8%

American Indian

1 (0.1%)

Fort Worth ISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

12 (0.9%)

Fort Worth ISD: 1.6%

Statewide: 4.8%

Hispanic

1,026 (77.5%)

Fort Worth ISD: 64.8%

Statewide: 52.8%

Pacific Islander

0 (0%)

Fort Worth ISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 0.2%

White

23 (1.7%)

Fort Worth ISD: 11.1%

Statewide: 26.3%

Two or more races

9 (0.7%)

Fort Worth ISD: 1.8%

Statewide: 2.9%

African American

19.1%

American Indian

0.1%

Asian

0.9%

Hispanic

77.5%

Pacific Islander

0%

White

1.7%

Two or more races

0.7%

Risk factors

A student is identified as being at risk of dropping out of school based on state-defined criteria. A student is defined as "economically disadvantaged" if he or she is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or other public assistance.

At-risk students

90.1 %

Fort Worth ISD: 77.3%

Statewide: 53.5%

Economically disadvantaged

96 %

Fort Worth ISD: 85.2%

Statewide: 60.7%

Limited English proficiency

50.2 %

Fort Worth ISD: 37.6%

Statewide: 21.7%

At-risk students

90.1%

Econ. disadvantaged

96.0%

Limited Eng. proficiency

50.2%

Enrollment by program

A look at the percentage of students enrolled in certain programs offered at schools for the 2021-2022 school year. A student can be enrolled in more than one program.

Bilingual/ESL

48.4 %

Fort Worth ISD: 36.8%

Statewide: 21.9%

Gifted and Talented

12.3 %

Fort Worth ISD: 12.1%

Statewide: 8%

Special Education

10.5 %

Fort Worth ISD: 10.7%

Statewide: 11.6%

Bilingual/ESL

48.4%

Gifted and talented

12.3%

Special education

10.5%

Academics

Accountability ratings

Texas assigns ratings to districts and campuses that designate their performance in relation to the state's accountability system.

A-F ratings for the 2022-2023 school year have not yet been released. Many school districts have sued the Texas Education Agency after the agency made changes to the way ratings would be calculated. The ratings won’t be released until the case is resolved.

Overall (2021-2022)

C

Fort Worth ISD: Not Rated: Data Under Review

Student achievement (2021-2022)

Not Rated: SB 1365

Fort Worth ISD: C

School progress (2021-2022)

C

Fort Worth ISD: B

Closing the gaps (2021-2022)

C

Fort Worth ISD: C

The overall grades are based on three categories: student achievement (how well students perform academically), school progress (how well students perform over time and compared to students in similar schools) and closing the gaps (how well schools are boosting performance for subgroups such as students with special needs).

For a detailed explanation of this year’s accountability system, see the 2022 Accountability Manual.

Four-year graduation rates

The percentage of students who started ninth grade in 2017-2018 and received a high school diploma on time — by Aug. 31, 2021. Learn more about how four-year graduation rates are defined.

All students

78.3 %

Fort Worth ISD: 85.7%

Statewide: 90%

African American

69.8 %

Fort Worth ISD: 81.4%

Statewide: 86.3%

American Indian

N/A

Fort Worth ISD: 80%

Statewide: 87.4%

Asian

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 94.6%

Statewide: 96.7%

Hispanic

81.4 %

Fort Worth ISD: 86.7%

Statewide: 88.1%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 100%

Statewide: 88.3%

White

66.7 %

Fort Worth ISD: 86.9%

Statewide: 93.8%

Two or more races

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 78.6%

Statewide: 90.8%

African American

69.8%

American Indian

N/A

Asian

Masked

Hispanic

81.4%

Pacific Islander

Masked

White

66.7%

Two or more races

Masked

Dropout rates

The dropout rate for students in grades 9-12 during the 2020-2021 school year. It is calculated by dividing the number of dropouts by the number of students who were in attendance at any time during the school year.

All students

6.3 %

Fort Worth ISD: 4.3%

Statewide: 2.4%

African American

6.4 %

Fort Worth ISD: 6%

Statewide: 3.5%

American Indian

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 8.6%

Statewide: 3.1%

Asian

0 %

Fort Worth ISD: 2%

Statewide: 0.5%

Hispanic

6 %

Fort Worth ISD: 3.9%

Statewide: 2.8%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 0%

Statewide: 2.6%

White

17.6 %

Fort Worth ISD: 4%

Statewide: 1.3%

Two or more races

9.1 %

Fort Worth ISD: 4.4%

Statewide: 2%

Chronic absenteeism

The chronic absenteeism rate for students during the 2020-2021 school year. It measures the number of students who were absent for at least ten percent of the school year.

All students

47 %

Fort Worth ISD: 24.4%

Statewide: 15%

African American

46.4 %

Fort Worth ISD: 35%

Statewide: 20.7%

American Indian

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 34.5%

Statewide: 16.4%

Asian

30.8 %

Fort Worth ISD: 10.1%

Statewide: 3.3%

Hispanic

46.8 %

Fort Worth ISD: 22.7%

Statewide: 16.9%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 9.3%

Statewide: 17.9%

White

55.6 %

Fort Worth ISD: 13.9%

Statewide: 10.7%

Two or more races

72.7 %

Fort Worth ISD: 29.6%

Statewide: 13.9%

College readiness

AP/IB participation

The percentage of students in grades 11 and 12 taking at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam in any subject during the 2020-2021 school year.

All students

9.5 %

Fort Worth ISD: 21.7%

Statewide: 21.1%

African American

5.6 %

Fort Worth ISD: 13.1%

Statewide: 13%

American Indian

N/A

Fort Worth ISD: 13.3%

Statewide: 16.8%

Asian

16.7 %

Fort Worth ISD: 36.7%

Statewide: 55.4%

Hispanic

10.3 %

Fort Worth ISD: 20.2%

Statewide: 18%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 22.2%

Statewide: 17.9%

White

10 %

Fort Worth ISD: 42.9%

Statewide: 24.3%

Two or more races

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 28.1%

Statewide: 23.5%

AP/IB performance

The percentage of test-taking students in grades 11 and 12 who passed at least one AP or IB exam in the 2020-2021 school year. A passing score on the AP exam is a 3, 4 or 5. On an IB exam, it is a 4, 5, 6 or 7.

All students

32 %

Fort Worth ISD: 26.4%

Statewide: 48.6%

African American

16.7 %

Fort Worth ISD: 10.9%

Statewide: 29%

American Indian

N/A

Fort Worth ISD: Masked

Statewide: 52.8%

Asian

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 38.5%

Statewide: 73.6%

Hispanic

36.6 %

Fort Worth ISD: 21.4%

Statewide: 34.6%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Fort Worth ISD: Masked

Statewide: 43.9%

White

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 46.2%

Statewide: 61.2%

Two or more races

Masked

Fort Worth ISD: 28.9%

Statewide: 60.8%

SAT

The average SAT score for students graduating in 2020-2021, with critical reading, writing and mathematics results combined. The maximum score is 2400. For the small percentage of students who took the redesigned SAT with a maximum score of 1600, their scores were converted to the equivalent scores on the previous SAT using College Board concordance tables.

Avg. SAT score

831

Fort Worth ISD: 906

Statewide: 1002

ACT

The average ACT composite score for students graduating in 2020-2021. The maximum score is 36.

Avg. ACT score

N/A

Fort Worth ISD: 23.3

Statewide: 20.0

College-ready graduates

A graduate is considered college ready in Reading or Math if he or she has met or exceeded the college-ready criteria on the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) test, the SAT or the ACT test. These figures are for students graduating in 2020-2021.

Reading

52 %

Fort Worth ISD: 62.8%

Statewide: 56.1%

Math

47.1 %

Fort Worth ISD: 44.4%

Statewide: 45.7%

Reading + Math

27.1 %

Fort Worth ISD: 36.8%

Statewide: 40.4%

Reading

52.0%

Math

47.1%

Reading + Math

27.1%

Staff

Teacher ethnicities

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent (FTE) as of the 2021-2022 school year.

Total teacher FTEs

87.5

African American

19 (21.7%)

Fort Worth ISD: 21.4%

Statewide: 11.2%

American Indian

0 (0%)

Fort Worth ISD: 0.2%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

4 (4.6%)

Fort Worth ISD: 2%

Statewide: 1.9%

Hispanic

18.5 (21.2%)

Fort Worth ISD: 25%

Statewide: 28.9%

Pacific Islander

0 (0%)

Fort Worth ISD: 0%

Statewide: 0.1%

White

46 (52.6%)

Fort Worth ISD: 50.8%

Statewide: 56.4%

Two or more races

0 (0%)

Fort Worth ISD: 0.6%

Statewide: 1.2%

Highest degree held by teachers

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent.

No degree

2 (2.3%)

Fort Worth ISD: 0.8%

Statewide: 1.4%

Bachelor's

52 (59.4%)

Fort Worth ISD: 68.5%

Statewide: 72.6%

Master's

31.6 (36.1%)

Fort Worth ISD: 29.5%

Statewide: 25.2%

Doctorate

2 (2.3%)

Fort Worth ISD: 1.2%

Statewide: 0.8%

Students per teacher

The total number of students divided by the total full-time equivalent count of teachers for 2021-2022.

Students per teacher

15.1

Fort Worth ISD: 14.7

Statewide: 14.6

Teacher experience

This figure for the 2021-2022 school year refers to tenure — the number of years a teacher has been employed in any district, whether or not there was an interruption in service.

Avg. teacher experience

9.4 years

Fort Worth ISD: 11.7 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Teacher salaries

The average salaries listed here are for regular duties only and do not include supplemental pay. For teachers who also have nonteaching roles, only the portion of time and pay dedicated to classroom responsibilities is factored into the calculation.

Base average

$65,602

Fort Worth ISD: $65,389

Statewide: $58,887

Beginner

$60,099

Fort Worth ISD: $59,238

Statewide: $51,054

1 to 5 years

$61,004

Fort Worth ISD: $60,487

Statewide: $54,577

6 to 10 years

$64,087

Fort Worth ISD: $62,573

Statewide: $57,746

11 to 20 years

$67,965

Fort Worth ISD: $66,828

Statewide: $61,377

21 to 30 years

$71,774

Fort Worth ISD: $71,671

Statewide: $65,949

30+ years

$114,110

Fort Worth ISD: $88,793

Statewide: $71,111

Latest public education stories in The Texas Tribune