ED WILSON EL

As a sizable primary school in FORNEY, Texas, ED WILSON EL educates 786 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of FORNEY ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 51% larger than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, ED WILSON EL reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 6% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ED WILSON EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kaufman County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, ED WILSON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 54.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kaufman County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,485, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. ED WILSON EL is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).

The closest other public school is RHODES IS, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ED WILSON EL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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