CROSBY EL

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in FORNEY, Texas, CROSBY EL teaches 452 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within FORNEY ISD.

Across the 24 schools in FORNEY ISD (18,565 students total), CROSBY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CROSBY EL logs that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 17% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at CROSBY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, CROSBY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 41.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kaufman County indicate median household income runs about $89,485, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kaufman County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), of which CROSBY EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CRISWELL EL, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CROSBY EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CROSBY EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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