COLONY BEND EL

COLONY BEND EL operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in SUGAR LAND, Texas, overseen by FORT BEND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 526 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD (79,663 students total), COLONY BEND EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLONY BEND EL records that the largest single group is Asian at 30%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 24% Hispanic, 21% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, COLONY BEND EL lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 41% 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, COLONY BEND EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) logs that median household earnings sit near $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. COLONY BEND EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

The closest other public school is FIRST COLONY MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COLONY BEND EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. COLONY BEND EL's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 526). The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 41% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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