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Forsan Elementary, Big Spring, TX

Forsan Elementary is a public elementary school in Big Spring, part of Forsan ISD. It enrolled 343 students in 2024-25, with 16.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "FORSAN EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
343
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Students per teacher
16.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.9 higher than the district figure of 13.4. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.3
District13.4
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
500 W Main St, Big Spring, TX 79733
Phone
(432)457-0091
District
Forsan ISD
County
Howard County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
481962001812
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
150
Reduced-price lunch
18
Free or reduced-price lunch
16849.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Big Spring

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.