BLACKBURN EL

BLACKBURN EL, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in FORNEY, Texas, run under FORNEY ISD, educates 662 students, covering grades K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BLACKBURN EL sits 28% above that benchmark.

FORNEY ISD comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 18,565 students; BLACKBURN EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BLACKBURN EL reports that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 51% of students at BLACKBURN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kaufman County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, BLACKBURN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.7%; this one delivers 62.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kaufman County put the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. BLACKBURN EL is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).

The closest other public school is BROWN MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLACKBURN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BLACKBURN EL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 20%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 662 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 20% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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