Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.9% of them were boys, and 49.1% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Forney ISD students was Black, accounting for 36.2% of the student population.
Among the seven districts in Kaufman County, Crandall ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 6,003 students, while Terrell ISD welcomed 5,208 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Forney ISD roughly covers schools within Kaufman County with its main office in Forney.
In the previous school year, Forney ISD had the highest number of students among Kaufman County districts.
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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Forney ISD | Forney | 16,211 |
| Crandall ISD | Crandall | 6,003 |
| Terrell ISD | Terrell | 5,208 |
| Kaufman ISD | Kaufman | 4,332 |
| Mabank ISD | Mabank | 3,904 |
| Kemp ISD | Kemp | 1,835 |
| Scurry-Rosser ISD | Scurry | 1,066 |
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