DEWBERRY EL

DEWBERRY EL, a mid-tier primary school in FORNEY, Texas, operated by FORNEY ISD, works with 692 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so DEWBERRY EL sits 33% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, DEWBERRY EL shows that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DEWBERRY EL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 80% of students at DEWBERRY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Kaufman County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DEWBERRY EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.8%; this one comes in at 19.5%, -19.3 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Kaufman County reports that median household income runs about $89,485, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Kaufman County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), DEWBERRY EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTH FORNEY H S, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DEWBERRY EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Inside the community feed, members of the DEWBERRY EL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.