WILLETT EL

WILLETT EL operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in FORNEY, Texas, one of the schools within FORNEY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 741 students spanning grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.

WILLETT EL is one of 24 schools operated by FORNEY ISD, a district that serves 18,565 students overall.

Demographically, WILLETT EL lists that the largest single group is Black at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 32% White, 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Kaufman County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, WILLETT EL shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kaufman County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILLETT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kaufman County) shows that median household income runs about $89,485, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Kaufman County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), of which WILLETT EL is one.

THEMER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLETT EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.