Early Childhood Center

Size

Early Childhood Center is the only school in Forney ISD. Its 341 students are 1.8% of the district's 18,565. The 8 nearest schools are a median 16.3 miles away and have a median of 340 students, so Early Childhood Center is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Early Childhood Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 341 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 61.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Forney ISD (43.1%). Hispanic students are next, at 18.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 48.5% across Forney ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Early Childhood Center has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 341 students would have about 20.1 teachers, so Early Childhood Center has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other school is W H Burnett Elementary School, 10.8 miles away in Terrell ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.