East DFW News

North Forney High School had the highest enrollment among Kaufman County schools, welcoming 2,502 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.1% of them were boys, and 48.9% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among North Forney High School students was Black, accounting for 45.4% of the student population.

Among the 51 schools in Kaufman County, Forney High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,272 students, while Crandall High School welcomed 1,707 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 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	2,502
Forney High School	Forney	2,272
Crandall High School	Crandall	1,707
Terrell High School	Terrell	1,466
Kaufman High School	Kaufman	1,303
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	Terrell	1,168
Mabank High School	Mabank	1,111
Rhodes Intermediate School	Forney	995
Norman Junior High School	Kaufman	989
Crandall Middle School	Crandall	983
Jackson Middle School	Forney	969
Warren Middle School	Forney	903
Rhea Intermediate School	Forney	833
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	Crandall	815
Criswell Elementary School	Forney	807
Griffin Elementary School	Forney	782
Lewis Elementary School	Forney	763
Henderson Elementary School	Forney	737
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	Terrell	701
Blackburn Elementary School	Forney	697
Johnson Elementary School	Forney	694
Crosby Elementary School	Forney	682
Central Elementary School	Mabank	675
Brown Middle School	Forney	673
J. W. Long Elementary School	Terrell	672
Barbara Walker Elementary School	Crandall	663
W. A. Martin Elementary School	Crandall	644
Mabank Intermediate School	Mabank	611
Smith Intermediate School	Forney	602
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	Crandall	596
Noble Reed	Crandall	595
Mabank Junior High School	Mabank	590
Lucille Nash Elementary School	Kaufman	579
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	Terrell	578
Claybon Elementary School	Forney	575
Kemp High School	Kemp	543
Kemp Primary School	Kemp	503
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	Kaufman	494
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	Kaufman	471
J. W. Monday Elementary School	Kaufman	469
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	Scurry	407
Kemp Junior High School	Kemp	401
Kemp Intermediate School	Kemp	382
Scurry-Rosser High School	Scurry	366
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	Terrell	329
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	Scurry	293
Global Leadership Academy	Terrell	241
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	Terrell	39
Gary W. Campbell High School	Kaufman	27
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	Terrell	14
Kemp Alternative	Kemp	6