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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 668 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMAR CISD·NCES 482658008782
Bess Campbell Elementary School
1000 SHADOW BEND DR, SUGAR LAND, TX 77479 · (832) 223-1300 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
113 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
88.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
86.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 66.0% | 22.0% | 7.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 59.0% | 27.0% | 8.0% | 6.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 89.0% |
| 2021-22 | 100.0% | 94.0% |
| 2020-21 | 80.0% | 93.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bess Campbell Elementary School
Bess Campbell Elementary School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bess Campbell Elementary School this school | 580 | 19.5% | 83.3% |
| Founders Classical Academy Corinth CORINTH | 578 | 18.5% | 48.9% |
| Grapevine Elementary School GRAPEVINE | 533 | 18.4% | 61.0% |
| Wayne A Cox Elementary School ROANOKE | 701 | 14.1% | 68.1% |
| Scanlan Oaks Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 714 | 19.7% | 68.8% |
| Homestead Elementary School CARROLLTON | 470 | 23.8% | 66.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bess Campbell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #46 of 4,401 | #4 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #50 of 4,466 ▲ 46 | #6 of 113 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #58 of 4,466 ▲ 44 | #8 of 113 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,770 of 3,998 | #69 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #1,765 of 4,938 | #78 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,216 of 4,622 | #52 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #497 of 4,628 | #53 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #4,444 of 4,789 | #104 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #2,511 of 2,838 | #52 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
580
+95 (+20%) vs 2020
+44% since 2000-01, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 580 | 39.3 | 14.8:1 | 19% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 30.2 | 14.1:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 32.2 | 14.1:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 2% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bess Campbell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (606 to 580); teachers up 3% (38 to 39.3).
About Bess Campbell Elementary School
Bess Campbell Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in SUGAR LAND, Texas. It has an enrollment of 580 students in pre-K through 5.
LAMAR CISD is the local district for Bess Campbell Elementary School. It runs 49 schools with 46,786 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Bess Campbell Elementary School is White, with 47% of students. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 13 points above the 34% share among Fort Bend County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Its staff includes 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Bess Campbell Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 19%. Across public schools in Fort Bend County, the average is 42%.
Bess Campbell Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school in Texas with Bess Campbell Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 65.4%. Bess Campbell Elementary School scores 83.3%.
In the wider Fort Bend County area, the median household earns about $114,041 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Fort Bend County, 217 public schools serve about 191,372 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Susanna Dickinson Elementary School, is about 1.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bess Campbell Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Bess Campbell Elementary School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 485 (2020-21) to 580 (2024-25).
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Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAMAR CISD
- Fulshear High SchoolHigh · 3,401 students
- Dean Leaman JHMiddle · 2,888 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Other schools in SUGAR LAND
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- Dulles High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Kempner High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Fort Settlement Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,504 students
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar LandElementary · 1,471 students
Nearby schools
- Susanna Dickinson Elementary School1.5 mi · 616
- William Velasquez Elementary School1.5 mi · 493
- Fort Settlement Middle School1.9 mi · 1,504
- Clements High School2.4 mi · 2,641
- Cornerstone Elementary School2.5 mi · 743
- Sartartia Middle School2.6 mi · 1,365
Frequently asked questions
About Bess Campbell Elementary SchoolHow large is Bess Campbell Elementary School?
Bess Campbell Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bess Campbell Elementary School serve?
Bess Campbell Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bess Campbell Elementary School have?
Bess Campbell Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Bess Campbell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bess Campbell Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 18% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Bess Campbell Elementary School in?
Bess Campbell Elementary School is part of LAMAR CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.