LEWIS EL

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in FORNEY, Texas, LEWIS EL works with 738 students from grades K through 4, operated by FORNEY ISD. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within FORNEY ISD, which oversees 24 schools and 18,565 students, LEWIS EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LEWIS EL reports that Black students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, LEWIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kaufman County shows median household income runs about $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%. In all, Kaufman County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), of which LEWIS EL is one.

LINDA LYON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEWIS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEWIS EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LEWIS EL's enrollment has increased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 738). The Black share of enrollment climbed from 16% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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