📍 495 Diamond Creek Dr, Forney, Kaufman County, 75126
Crosby el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Forney, Kaufman County. The school has 682 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Wendy Bailey. It is part of the Forney Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths.
Crosby el enrolls 682 students across grades K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 20% White and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 359 | 53% |
| White | 134 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 134 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
403 of the school's 682 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 371 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Crosby el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Crosby el is one of 19 schools in FORNEY ISD, based in FORNEY, Texas. The district serves 18,565 students district-wide and employs 1,064 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 682 students, Crosby el is smaller than the district average of about 977 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe