BROWN MIDDLE

BROWN MIDDLE operates as an average-sized junior high in FORNEY, Texas, part of FORNEY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

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

On demographics, BROWN MIDDLE reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Kaufman County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kaufman County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BROWN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 38.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kaufman County put the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. BROWN MIDDLE is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).

Nearest neighbor: BLACKBURN EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BROWN MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

BROWN MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROWN MIDDLE has edged down 36%, going from 884 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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