BESS CAMPBELL EL

BESS CAMPBELL EL, a moderately sized K-5 school in SUGAR LAND, Texas, overseen by LAMAR CISD, instructs 580 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

LAMAR CISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 46,786 students. BESS CAMPBELL EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BESS CAMPBELL EL logs that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, BESS CAMPBELL EL logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BESS CAMPBELL EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.4%; this one delivers 83.4%, a residual of +18.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BESS CAMPBELL EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

The closest other public school is SUSANNA DICKINSON EL, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BESS CAMPBELL EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 78.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BESS CAMPBELL EL has fell 4%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 580 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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