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Forney, Texas - 17 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Forney Isd #966 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,132 per pupil, Forney Isd ranks #1167 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
16,211
Total Enrollment
17
Schools
$9,132
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Forney Isd operates 17 public schools serving 16,211 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 elementary, 4 combined, 3 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Kaufman County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,132 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.9% local, 38.8% state, and 9.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #966 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 17 schools offering Advanced Placement (35 AP courses district-wide), a 536.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.5% African American, 23.3% Hispanic or Latino, 21.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Johnson El, with a diversity index of 71.5/100.
Its largest campus is North Forney H S, enrolling 2,648 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Crosby El, at 452 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
North Forney H S accounts for 16.3% of all Forney Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Forney Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Forney Isd school enrollment varies 5.9× across entities
Forney Isd school enrollment ranges from 452 students (lowest) to 2,648 students (highest), a spread of 2,196 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Forney Isd student-counselor ratio is 537:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Forney Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 22.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Forney Isd is typically wider than the Forney Isd-aggregate figure suggests.