FORNEY H S

FORNEY H S is a senior high of big scale in FORNEY, Texas, run under FORNEY ISD, enrolling 2,582 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 224% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

FORNEY ISD runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 18,565 students. FORNEY H S is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FORNEY H S shows that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 157 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at FORNEY H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kaufman County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FORNEY H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 61.6%.

Around the school, census data for Kaufman County shows median household income runs about $89,485, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. FORNEY H S is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).

Nearest neighbor: RHEA INT, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FORNEY H S comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FORNEY H S has grew 78%, going from 1,453 students in 2018 to 2,582 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 63% to 35%.

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