FOREST LANE ACADEMY

As a mid-tier elementary campus in DALLAS, Texas, FOREST LANE ACADEMY instructs 625 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within RICHARDSON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 20% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

RICHARDSON ISD runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 38,526 students. FOREST LANE ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FOREST LANE ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, FOREST LANE ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 25.6%, a residual of -6.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), FOREST LANE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is AIKIN EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOREST LANE ACADEMY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOREST LANE ACADEMY has declined 15%, going from 732 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 2% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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