Regular local school district · Kaufman County
Forney ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Forney ISD runs 24 public schools with 18,565 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "FORNEY ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 24
- Students
- 18,565
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,212
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 600 S Bois D'Arc St, Forney, TX 75126
- Phone
- (469)762-4100
- County
- Kaufman County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4819560
- State district ID
- TX-129902
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,553
- School counselors (FTE)
- 49.0About 379 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 88.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,765), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $148.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.9 million
- State revenue
- $62.4 million
- Local revenue
- $79.2 million
- Total spending
- $252.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,780
- Salaries
- $77.5 million30.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $450.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.7%
- State: 42.0%
- Local: 53.3%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,780
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Forney ISD
By level: 4 high, 8 middle, 11 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blackburn Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 662 | 14.7 |
| Brown Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 568 | 14.6 |
| Claybon Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 583 | 14.9 |
| Criswell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 549 | 14.4 |
| Crosby Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 452 | 13.3 |
| Dewberry Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 692 | 15.0 |
| Early Childhood Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 341 | 16.2 |
| Ed Wilson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 786 | 17.5 |
| Forney High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,582 | 16.6 |
| Forney Learning Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 104 | 5.0 |
| Forney Virtual Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 197 | 19.7 |
| Griffin Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 717 | 16.7 |
| Henderson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 580 | 14.5 |
| Jackson Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 807 | 14.7 |
| Johnson Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 655 | 15.2 |
| Jones Int Sc | Middle | 5 to 6 | 758 | 16.1 |
| Lewis Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 738 | 15.7 |
| North Forney High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,648 | 16.9 |
| Rhea Intermediate | Middle | 5 to 6 | 599 | 15.8 |
| Rhodes IS | Middle | 5 to 6 | 746 | 14.3 |
| Smith Intermediate | Middle | 5 to 6 | 680 | 13.6 |
| Themer Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 642 | 17.4 |
| Warren Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 738 | 16.0 |
| Willett Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 741 | 16.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kaufman County
- Crandall ISD 6,922 students
- Terrell ISD 5,283 students
- Kaufman ISD 4,356 students
- Mabank ISD 4,118 students
- Kemp ISD 1,987 students
- Scurry-Rosser ISD 1,032 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.