Glen Park elementary shorty after dedication in March of 1954.

Just as the nation expanded and the population of cities across the country increased after World War II, so did Fort Worth.  The population of Fort Worth exploded in the 1940s growing by over 100,000 new citizens within the decade.  As the 1950s ushered in the space age, the demand for new schools in the Southeast sector of the city prompted Fort Worth Independent School District, led by Superintendent J. P. Moore, to purchase land in May of 1951 for the construction of a new school to meet the growing needs of the community.  

Influenced by the International movement, architect Robert P. Woltz Jr designed the school with features including yellow brick, red brick, granite panels, large groupings of multiple light hopper windows, and a pitchless roof with large overhangs.  Constructed as a part of the 1952 building program for $461,668.62, Glen Park Elementary opened on February 1, 1954 and was dedicated on March 5, 1954.  Further additions to the original building have been made including a larger library, more classrooms, and renovation of the cafeteria.  The Jana Simpson Memorial Garden was created on the grounds in 1991 to honor the slain third-grade teacher from the school.

Early display of student work from Glen Park Elementary.

With 26 teachers led by Principal W. T. Bradford, the school educated 798 kindergarten through sixth grade students during the first year.  Over the ensuing decades the school has undergone several changes including the addition of pre-kindergarten students, loss of sixth grade students, and changing of the mascot from the parakeet to the roadrunner.  The lone constant of the school has been the dedication to quality education for all students by the generations of faculty and staff since inception in 1954.  The school was selected to be a Nationally Recognized Blue Ribbon by the U.S. Department of Education in 2004 for excellence in education.