Forney Learning Academy

Size

Of the 4 high schools in Forney ISD, Forney Learning Academy is the smallest, with 0.6% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 5.9 miles away and have a median of 1,802 students, so Forney Learning Academy is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

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

Its largest grade is grade 11 with 49 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 1, against an average of 26 per grade. This year grade 12 has 3,200% more students than grade 9 (33 against 1). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 51.9% of enrollment, a higher share than across Forney ISD (43.1%). Hispanic students are next, at 27.9%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

51.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 48.5% across Forney ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high 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

Forney Learning Academy has 21.14 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 4.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 104 students would have about 7.4 teachers, so Forney Learning Academy has 13.7 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

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 high school is Forney High School, 2.4 miles away in the same district. There are 3 high schools within 5 miles and 11 within 10 miles.

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