AUSTIN PARKWAY EL

AUSTIN PARKWAY EL is an average-sized K-5 school in SUGAR LAND, Texas, overseen by FORT BEND ISD. The school hosts 574 students in grades pre-K through 5.

AUSTIN PARKWAY EL is one of 83 schools operated by FORT BEND ISD, a district that teaches 79,663 students overall.

On the student-mix side, AUSTIN PARKWAY EL records that 37% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 17% White, 16% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AUSTIN PARKWAY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.6%; this one delivers 55.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household earnings sit near $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), AUSTIN PARKWAY EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SETTLERS WAY EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUSTIN PARKWAY EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AUSTIN PARKWAY EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUSTIN PARKWAY EL has edged down 20%, going from 715 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 22% across the same window.

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