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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORNEY ISD·NCES 481956010869
Blackburn Elementary School
2401 CONCORD DR, FORNEY, TX 75126 · (469) 762-4300 · Kaufman County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
336 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (144).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 19.0% | 17.0% | 33.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 9.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blackburn Elementary School
Blackburn Elementary School's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Elementary School this school | 662 | 50.8% | 62.2% |
| Griffin Elementary School FORNEY | 717 | 48.0% | 49.3% |
| Henderson Elementary School FORNEY | 580 | 55.2% | 57.8% |
| Providence Elementary School AUBREY | 678 | 53.8% | 26.6% |
| Newman International Academy of Arlington ARLINGTON | 663 | 47.5% | 42.3% |
| Catherine Bell Elementary School LITTLE ELM | 560 | 57.5% | 27.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blackburn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Kaufman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #649 of 4,401 | #3 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,748 of 4,466 ▼ 768 | #8 of 27 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,434 of 4,466 ▼ 539 | #5 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,138 of 3,998 | #17 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #1,173 of 4,938 | #12 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,920 of 4,622 | #8 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #974 of 4,628 | #8 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #3,553 of 4,789 | #28 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.1% | #414 of 1,307 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
662
-167 (-20%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 662 | 45.9 | 14.4:1 | 51% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 44.6 | 13.0:1 | 48% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 47.3 | 14.8:1 | 53% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 829 | 50 | 16.6:1 | 52% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 33.9 | 16.3:1 | 38% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 34% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 41% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackburn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (551 to 662); teachers up 35% (33.9 to 45.9).
About Blackburn Elementary School
Families in FORNEY, Texas, are served by Blackburn Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 662 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 4. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 28% above average.
FORNEY ISD is made up of 24 schools with 18,565 students in all.
A majority of students at Blackburn Elementary School, 51%, are Black. The remaining shares are 23% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Kaufman County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Blackburn Elementary School comes in at 65%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1 at Blackburn Elementary School, with 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 51% of enrollment. Compared with the 59% average for public schools in Kaufman County, the school's rate is lower.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.0% at Blackburn Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Kaufman County show that median household income is about $89,485, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 65 public schools operate in Kaufman County, serving about 41,319 students.
Nearby, Brown Middle School is about 0.6 miles away. Blackburn Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Blackburn Elementary School at 1st of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 829 in 2020-21 and 662 in 2024-25, a 20% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.6:1 to 14.4:1.
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Kaufman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
172,604
Census ACS
Median income
$89,485
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
41,319 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORNEY ISD
- North Forney High SchoolHigh · 2,648 students
- Forney High SchoolHigh · 2,582 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Ed Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
- Jones Int ScMiddle · 758 students
- Rhodes IsMiddle · 746 students
Other schools in FORNEY
- North Forney High SchoolHigh · 2,648 students
- Forney High SchoolHigh · 2,582 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Ed Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
- Jones Int ScMiddle · 758 students
- Rhodes IsMiddle · 746 students
Other Blackburn Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Blackburn Elementary. Blackburn Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Blackburn Elementary SchoolDawsonville, GA · 779 students
- Blackburn ElementaryNewton, NC · 484 students
- BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALMETTO, FL · 452 students
- BLACKBURN ELEM.INDEPENDENCE, MO · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Brown Middle School0.6 mi · 568
- Smith Intermediate School1.3 mi · 680
- North Forney High School1.5 mi · 2,648
- Dewberry Elementary School1.7 mi · 692
- Willett Elementary School1.9 mi · 741
- Themer Middle School2.0 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Blackburn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Blackburn Elementary School?
Blackburn Elementary School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Blackburn Elementary School serve?
Blackburn Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blackburn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blackburn Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Blackburn Elementary School?
Student demographics at Blackburn Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 18% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Blackburn Elementary School in?
Blackburn Elementary School is part of FORNEY ISD.
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