📍 600 S Bois D Arc, Forney, Kaufman County, 75126
Lewis el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Forney, Kaufman County. The school has 763 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rodrigo Echeverria. It is part of the Forney Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths.
Lewis el enrolls 763 students across grades K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Black or African American, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 18% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 377 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 179 | 23% |
| White | 137 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 25 | 3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
385 of the school's 763 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 322 qualify for free lunch and 63 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.
Lewis el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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.
Lewis 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 763 students, Lewis 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: Suburb - Large