Dates, Locations, and What Families Should Know for 2025

It’s that time of year again—the end-of-year scramble when high school seniors across Fort Worth iron their gowns, decorate their caps, and try to imagine life after finals. For the class of 2025, graduation is right around the corner, and the Fort Worth area is gearing up for a flurry of ceremonies packed into the last weeks of May.

If you’re a parent, student, or just someone who likes the pomp and circumstance, here’s what you need to know about when and where local high schools will be handing out diplomas this spring.

Aledo ISD

Aledo High School will kick off its graduation at 8 p.m. on May 23 at Tim Buchanan Stadium. Expect lots of orange and black, and a healthy amount of Texas pride.

Burleson ISD

Burleson ISD is splitting its ceremonies between two venues. On May 22, Crossroads High School (3 p.m.), Game Development Design School (5 p.m.), and Burleson Collegiate High School (6:30 p.m.) will graduate at The Venue at Burleson ISD.

The district’s traditional high schools will host their ceremonies at College Park Center in Arlington on May 23: Burleson High School at 9:30 a.m. and Centennial High School at 1:30 p.m.

Castleberry ISD

Castleberry High School and REACH High School will hold a combined ceremony at 7:30 p.m. on May 23 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. It’s a joint celebration for two schools under the Castleberry banner.

Crowley ISD

Crowley ISD is packing its ceremonies into a single day: both North Crowley High School (9:45 a.m.) and Crowley High School (8 p.m.) will walk the stage on May 24 at the CISD Multi-Purpose Stadium.

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD

Dickies Arena is hosting Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD’s trio of ceremonies on May 31: Boswell High School at 10 a.m., Saginaw High School at 2 p.m., and Chisholm Trail High School at 6 p.m.

Watson High School will take a different stage, graduating at 7 p.m. on May 23 at the Jared Hardy Performing Arts Center in Chisholm Trail High School.

Everman ISD

Everman Joe C. Bean High School will celebrate at 1 p.m. on May 24 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Fort Worth ISD

This is where things get really busy. Fort Worth ISD is spreading out its ceremonies over several days at Dickies Arena, starting May 27 and running through May 30. Each day sees four schools graduating:

May 27: Dunbar, Polytechnic, Eastern Hills, and South Hills
May 28: Paschal, Trimble Tech, Carter-Riverside, and Diamond Hill-Jarvis
May 29: Arlington Heights, Southwest, Benbrook, and Western Hills
May 30: North Side and O.D. Wyatt

Specialized campuses, including schools of choice, will follow at different venues and dates, like the Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center and the Fort Worth ISD Teaching & Learning Center. The Jo Kelly School wraps up the season with a ceremony on June 2 at its campus gym.

Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD

HEB ISD’s two high schools, Trinity and L.D. Bell, will both graduate on May 25 at Dickies Arena (2 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively).

Keller ISD

Keller ISD starts early with New Direction High School at 9 a.m. on May 21, followed by Keller Collegiate Academy on May 23. The main event is May 24 at Dickies Arena, where Central, Fossil Ridge, Keller, and Timber Creek high schools will each have their own time slot.

Lake Worth ISD

Lake Worth High School will celebrate at 7 p.m. on May 23 at W.G. Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City.

Northwest ISD

Northwest ISD plans a marathon of ceremonies on May 27 at the University of North Texas Coliseum: V.R. Eaton at 10 a.m., Northwest at 2 p.m., and Byron Nelson at 6 p.m. Steele Early College High School will graduate separately on May 23 at Eaton High School’s Performing Arts Center.

White Settlement ISD

Finally, Brewer High School will hold its graduation at 7 p.m. on May 22 at Dickies Arena.

Graduation is always a little bit hectic, and this year will be no different. Whether you’re walking the stage, cheering from the stands, or just trying to avoid the traffic, it’s worth marking your calendar—and maybe packing a few tissues. Congratulations to the class of 2025. The stage is yours.