BRISCOE JH

BRISCOE JH operates as a big 6-8 campus in RICHMOND, Texas, one of the schools within LAMAR CISD. Current enrollment sits at 2,003 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so BRISCOE JH sits 212% above that benchmark.

Within LAMAR CISD, which oversees 49 schools and 46,786 students, BRISCOE JH is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BRISCOE JH lists that the most-represented group is Black (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 27% White, 26% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BRISCOE JH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BRISCOE JH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.4%, the actual is 65.2%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), BRISCOE JH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FOSTER H S, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRISCOE JH at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 125%: 891 students in 2018 compared to 2,003 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 21% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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