📍 9663 Forest Ln, Dallas, Dallas County, 75243
Forest Lane Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dallas, Dallas County. The school has 570 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Demarcus Goree-watkins. It is part of the Richardson Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Forest Lane Academy enrolls 570 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Black or African American, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 319 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 170 | 30% |
| Asian | 37 | 6.5% |
| White | 23 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
556 of the school's 570 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 508 qualify for free lunch and 48 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.
Forest Lane Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 8, state house district 102.
Forest Lane Academy is one of 55 schools in RICHARDSON ISD, based in RICHARDSON, Texas. The district serves 36,971 students district-wide and employs 2,910 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 570 students, Forest Lane Academy is smaller than the district average of about 672 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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