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WARREN MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WARREN MIDDLE
As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in FORNEY, Texas, WARREN MIDDLE instructs 738 students from grades 7 through 8, operated by FORNEY ISD.
WARREN MIDDLE is one of 24 schools operated by FORNEY ISD, a district that teaches 18,565 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WARREN MIDDLE reports that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 34% White, 25% Black, 4% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WARREN MIDDLE has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Kaufman County's rate of about 59%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WARREN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 57.4%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kaufman County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,485, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 WARREN MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: JONES INT SC, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WARREN MIDDLE at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 57.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WARREN MIDDLE has declined 4%, going from 767 students in 2018 to 738 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 62% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WARREN MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kaufman County at a glance
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