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CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL
CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL is a substantial elementary campus in RICHMOND, Texas, operated by FORT BEND ISD. The school educates 924 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 78% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
FORT BEND ISD runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 79,663 students. CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder consists of 13% Black, 10% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 76.4%, a residual of +12.6 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put median household income runs about $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL is one.
The closest other public school is MALALA YOUSAFZAI, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 63.4%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Five-year trend. CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 961 (now 924).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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