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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, 95.47 percent are high school graduates, 45.39 percent are college
graduates, and 13.71 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 44 compared with the 33.50 median age of Tarrant County. Benbrook's ethnic composition is
68.18 percent white, 8.20 percent black, 17.73 percent Hispanic (overlaps with other categories), and 5.89 other. The median family income
is $89,277. 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.

HOUSING

Benbrook has a total of 10,403 housing units. Approximately 69.20 percent are owner-occupied homes; 30.08 percent are renter-occupied;
7.40 percent are vacant. The median value of a home in Benbrook is $134,200. Vacancy rates average 1.60 percent for owner-occupied
and 9.90 percent for rental properties. The median value of a home in Tarrant County is $131,500 and vacancy rates for Tarrant County are
1.90 percent for owner occupied and 16.10 for rental properties.
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