📍 651 Innovation Blvd, Forney, Kaufman County, 75126
Jackson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Forney, Kaufman County. The school has 969 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stacy Wetzel. It is part of the Forney Isd school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 63.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Jackson Middle enrolls 969 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 63.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 21% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 382 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 329 | 34% |
| White | 200 | 21% |
| Asian | 26 | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 2.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
472 of the school's 969 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 398 qualify for free lunch and 74 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.
Jackson Middle 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.
Jackson Middle 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 969 students, Jackson Middle 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