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Contact information

300 Trinity Campus Circle
TRWF Fourth Floor
Fort Worth, Texas 76102

Office: 817-515-1660

CEEB code

442492

Key staff

Keri Flores, principal

Imelda Dunlap, assistant principal

Tammy Asbury, counselor

Sandra Muñoz, counselor

Brian Wooddell, postsecondary specialist

Mission statement

The mission of the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences is to provide students from the greater Fort Worth area with a rigorous curriculum in an early college environment, to prepare them for the demands of a career in biomedical sciences and to promote experiences associated with those careers.

Enrollment profile

Grades 9-12

Total enrollment: 379

  • Economically disadvantaged*: 75%
  • At risk*: 50.8%

*2024-2025 school year

Ethnicity and race
  • Asian only: 6.6%
  • Black only: 15.8%
  • Latino, any race: 71.2%
  • Latino, nonwhite: 3.7%
  • Latino, white: 67.5%
  • Multiracial, non-Latino: 1.3%
  • White, non-Latino: 8.2%

Points of pride

TEA accountability rating for 2023, with distinctions in science and postsecondary readiness: 97 percent

2025 graduates who earned the Distinguished High School Diploma: 100 percent

Career and technology education

All students at TABS follow one of four career and technology pathways. More than 95 percent of graduates every years complete all of the required courses in their pathways, and most earn one or more of the following industry-based certifications:

  • Biotechnician assistant
  • Central sterilization technician
  • Patient care technician
  • Pharmacy technician

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Who we are

Since 2011, Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences, a public Early College High School in the Fort Worth Independent School District, has educated students interested in biomedical careers and areas of study. TABS admits about 100 students a year through a lottery. Students receive real-world and hands-on instruction in a setting that mixes high school and college courses. In every classroom, TABS encourages academic rigor and student development in language, culture, knowledge and responsibility.

About Early College High School

The goal of an Early College High School is for students to earn college credit toward an associate’s degree. At TABS, students attend courses free of charge at Tarrant County College Trinity River. The ECHS program is ideal for historically underserved and at-risk students.

Collegiate accomplishments

Hours and degrees

 

2022

2023

 2024 2025
Number of graduates 98 78 82 88

30-plus college hours

91%

79%

 82% 91%

Associate of arts

57

46

 38 40

Associate of science

19

11

 16 15

SAT School Day, March 2025 (class of 2026)

 

TABS

District

State

Globe

Total mean

1006

853

958

966

ERW mean

510

436

488

495

Math mean

495

417

470

471

Advanced Placement

In 2025, 190 students took a total of 223 A.P. exams in seven courses. Of those exams, 38 percent scored a 3 or higher.

School structure

Students follow a rotating block schedule, with periods 1-4 on Mondays and Wednesdays, periods 5-8 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and all eight periods on Fridays. Students also attend an advisory class for 35 minutes Mondays through Thursdays. TABS’ schedule is aligned with that of Tarrant County College.

Class of 2025

  • Graduation rate: 100 percent
  • TSI-met rate: 66 percent

Certifications

  • Biotechnician assistant: 6
  • Central sterilization technician: 3
  • Patient care technician: 38
  • Pharmacy technician: 12

GPA breakdowns

88 graduates

  • Top 5 percent: 4.83 or higher
  • Top 10 percent: 4.70 or higher
  • Top 25 percent: 4.36 or higher

Post-high school plans

  • Four-year university: 84 percent
  • Two-year college or trade school: 9 percent
  • Employment: 3 percent
  • Undecided or gap year: 3 percent

Top destination colleges and universities

  • Baylor University
  • Texas Christian University
  • Tarrant County College
  • Tarleton State University
  • Texas Wesleyan University
  • Texas Woman’s University
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Texas at Dallas

 

Grading scale

The Fort Worth Independent School District categorizes and weights courses into three tiers. Tier I includes Advanced Placement and dual-credit courses. Tier II includes honors courses. Tier III consists of any course not in the other two.

Fort Worth ISD ranks all graduates. Class rank is determined by descending order of a student’s weighted grade point average points earned in eligible courses that satisfy a student’s graduation plan in the following curriculum categories: English, mathematics, science and social studies. The second attempt of any course for which credit was received is awarded local credit. The calculation of class rank excludes grades earned through local credit courses, credit by examination, Edgenuity and distance learning.

Grade

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

97-100

5.0

4.5

4.0

94-96

4.8

4.3

3.8

90-93

4.6

4.1

3.6

87-89

4.4

3.9

3.4

84-86

4.2

3.7

3.2

80-83

4.0

3.5

3.0

77-79

3.8

3.3

2.8

74-76

3.6

3.1

2.6

71-73

3.4

2.9

2.4

70

3.0

2.5

2.0

Advanced courses