📍 775 Innovation Blvd, Forney, Kaufman County, 75126
Rhodes Is is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Forney, Kaufman County. The school has 995 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brenda Lopez. It is part of the Forney Isd school district. It serves grades 5–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 72.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
Rhodes Is enrolls 995 students across grades 5–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 72.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 21% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 380 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 335 | 34% |
| White | 211 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 23 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
512 of the school's 995 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 427 qualify for free lunch and 85 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.
Rhodes Is is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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.
Rhodes Is 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 995 students, Rhodes Is is close to the district average of about 977 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe