FORMAN EL

FORMAN EL, a mid-sized elementary school in PLANO, Texas, overseen by PLANO ISD, educates 473 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

PLANO ISD comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 46,612 students; FORMAN EL is among them.

On demographics, FORMAN EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 20% Black, 7% White, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FORMAN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at FORMAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FORMAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Collin County put median household income runs about $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which FORMAN EL is one.

ARMSTRONG MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FORMAN EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.

FORMAN EL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. FORMAN EL's enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 473). Over the same period, the White share fell from 13% to 7%.

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