East DFW News

North Forney High School had the highest enrollment among Kaufman County schools, welcoming 2,291 students during the 2021-22 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.5% of them were boys, and 49.5% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among North Forney High School students was Black, accounting for 40.9% of the student population.

Among the 52 schools in Kaufman County, Forney High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,008 students, while Crandall High School welcomed 1,529 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

North Forney High School is a part of Forney ISD, which roughly covers schools within Kaufman County with its main office in Forney.

In the previous school year, North Forney High School also had the highest number of students among Kaufman County schools.

Texas is found to be one of the least educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
North Forney High School	Forney	2,291
Forney High School	Forney	2,008
Crandall High School	Crandall	1,529
Terrell High School	Terrell	1,401
Kaufman High School	Kaufman	1,210
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	Terrell	1,112
Mabank High School	Mabank	1,019
Norman Junior High School	Kaufman	978
Jackson Middle School	Forney	914
Rhodes Intermediate School	Forney	905
Warren Middle School	Forney	859
Crandall Middle School	Crandall	855
Griffin Elementary School	Forney	830
Rhea Intermediate School	Forney	763
Henderson Elementary School	Forney	762
Criswell Elementary School	Forney	754
Lewis Elementary School	Forney	749
Noble Reed	Crandall	688
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	Terrell	687
Crosby Elementary School	Forney	681
J. W. Long Elementary School	Terrell	662
W. A. Martin Elementary School	Crandall	662
Central Elementary School	Mabank	661
Johnson Elementary School	Forney	611
Blackburn Elementary School	Forney	603
Brown Middle School	Forney	583
Mabank Junior High School	Mabank	581
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	Crandall	575
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	Terrell	565
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	Crandall	563
Mabank Intermediate School	Mabank	549
Barbara Walker Elementary School	Crandall	534
Smith Intermediate School	Forney	521
Claybon Elementary School	Forney	515
Lucille Nash Elementary School	Kaufman	510
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	Kaufman	468
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	Kaufman	462
J. W. Monday Elementary School	Kaufman	452
Kemp High School	Kemp	451
Kemp Primary School	Kemp	443
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	Scurry	434
Kemp Junior High School	Kemp	417
Kemp Intermediate School	Kemp	373
Scurry-Rosser High School	Scurry	358
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	Scurry	293
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	Terrell	292
Global Leadership Academy	Terrell	212
Crandall Compass Academy	Crandall	45
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	Terrell	29
Gary W. Campbell High School	Kaufman	23
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	Terrell	13
Kemp Alternative	Kemp	8