📍 1896 S Gateway Blvd, Forney, Kaufman County, 75126
Willett el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Forney, Kaufman County. The school has 725 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ashley Rideout. It is part of the Forney Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
Willett el enrolls 725 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 30% Black or African American and 24% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 288 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 219 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 171 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 23 | 3.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
230 of the school's 725 students (32%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 195 qualify for free lunch and 35 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.
Willett el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Willett 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 725 students, Willett 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