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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Joy James Academy of Leadership, Fort Worth, TX

CEP schoolJoy James Academy of Leadership is a public elementary school in Fort Worth, part of Castleberry ISD. It enrolled 471 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JOY JAMES ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
471
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
14.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.8 lower than the district figure of 15.5. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7
District15.5
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
5300 Buchanan St, Fort Worth, TX 76114
Phone
(817)252-2500
District
Castleberry ISD
County
Tarrant County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
481317000819
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
421
Reduced-price lunch
10
Free or reduced-price lunch
43191.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Castleberry ISD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Fort Worth

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.