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What's the most underrated thing about RHODES IS that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
746
Middle
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORNEY ISD·NCES 481956014040
RHODES IS
775 INNOVATION BLVD, FORNEY, TX 75126 · (469) 762-4370 · Kaufman County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
450 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +6.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -10.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About RHODES IS
Set in FORNEY, Texas, RHODES IS is a moderately sized 6-8 campus, operated by FORNEY ISD. It works with 746 students across grades 5 through 6.
RHODES IS is one of 24 schools operated by FORNEY ISD, a district that works with 18,565 students overall.
Demographically, RHODES IS lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 12% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RHODES IS is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.5%; RHODES IS posts 33.4%, -14.2 points below that line.
In the broader community, census data for Kaufman County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, 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 RHODES IS is one.
The closest other public school is JACKSON MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RHODES IS. On composite proficiency, RHODES IS comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.
RHODES IS operates from an outlying location.
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Kaufman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
172,604
Census ACS
Median income
$89,485
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
41,319 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORNEY ISD
- NORTH FORNEY H SHigh · 2,648 students
- FORNEY H SHigh · 2,582 students
- JACKSON MIDDLEMiddle · 807 students
- ED WILSON ELElementary · 786 students
- JONES INT SCMiddle · 758 students
- WILLETT ELElementary · 741 students
Other schools in FORNEY
- NORTH FORNEY H SHigh · 2,648 students
- FORNEY H SHigh · 2,582 students
- JACKSON MIDDLEMiddle · 807 students
- ED WILSON ELElementary · 786 students
- JONES INT SCMiddle · 758 students
- WILLETT ELElementary · 741 students
Nearby schools
- JACKSON MIDDLE0.1 mi · 807
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.2 mi · 341
- ED WILSON EL0.4 mi · 786
- CRISWELL EL0.6 mi · 549
- CROSBY EL1.4 mi · 452
- BASEPOINT ACADEMY - FORNEY1.5 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About RHODES ISHow many students attend RHODES IS?
RHODES IS enrolls approximately 746 students in grades 05-06.
Is RHODES IS an elementary, middle, or high school?
RHODES IS is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does RHODES IS have?
RHODES IS employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at RHODES IS?
Student demographics at RHODES IS are roughly 12% White, 21% Hispanic, 58% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is RHODES IS in?
RHODES IS is part of FORNEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.