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CITY OF BENBROOK 2019-20 ANNUAL BUDGET

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Benbrook has four financial institutions within the city limits: BBVA Compass Bank, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Pinnacle Bank, and Wells Fargo
Bank.

EDUCATION

Benbrook is part of the Fort Worth Independent School District. Two elementary schools are located totally within Benbrook. Benbrook
Elementary currently has 729 students and a 27:1 ratio of students to teachers. Westpark Elementary currently has 489 students and a 22:1
student/teacher ratio. Benbrook students comprise a portion of the 809 students who attend Waverly Park Elementary School. Benbrook
students attend middle school in two schools: Benbrook Middle School, which opened in located in 2011, and has 761 students with a 25:1
student/teacher ratio and Leonard Middle School with 726 students and a 27:1 student/teacher ratio. Western Hills High School is located
within Benbrook's city limits. The student/teacher ratio at Western Hills High School is 27:1 with 1,208 students from Benbrook and from Fort
Worth; the average SAT score for students is 1,180. Benbrook High School has 135 students with a student/teacher ratio of 30:1.

Benbrook students also have the opportunity to attend other high schools in the FWISD to participate in Advanced Academic Programs offering
specialized courses in science and engineering, law and government, finance and communications, and medical and health sciences.

Vocational/technical training is available to Benbrook students through the Fort Worth ISD and Tarrant County College. The following colleges
and universities are within easy commuting distance: Tarrant County College, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Christian University,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Texas Wesleyan University, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Tarleton State
University’s Southwest Metroplex campus.

Benbrook's citizens value education. Of Benbrook's total population, 87.50 percent are high school graduates, 34.80 percent are college
graduates, and 12.50 percent have advanced degrees. Of Tarrant County's total population, 83.40 percent are high school graduates,
23.90 percent are college graduates, and 9.10 percent have advanced degrees.

DEMOGRAPHICS

The median age of Benbrook's population is 42.70 compared with the 33.50 median age of Tarrant County. Benbrook's ethnic composition
is 86.80 percent white, 5.30 percent black, 11.20 percent Hispanic (overlaps with other categories), and 7.90 other. The median family
income is $71,466. The median family income for Tarrant County is $65,072. Benbrook’s per capita income is $34,209; the per capita
income for Tarrant County is $28,266. The percentage of Benbrook's population categorized as poverty is 7.40 percent; 15.20 percent of
Tarrant County's population is in this category.

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