📍 1130 S Ravenhill Rd, Forney, Kaufman County, 75126
Griffin el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Forney, Kaufman County. The school has 782 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kristie Crabtree. It is part of the Forney Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
Griffin el enrolls 782 students across grades K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 417 | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 160 | 20% |
| White | 134 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
374 of the school's 782 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 322 qualify for free lunch and 52 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.
Griffin 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.
Griffin 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 782 students, Griffin 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