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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965021246
Colony Meadows Elementary School
4510 SWEETWATER BLVD, SUGAR LAND, TX 77479 · (281) 634-4120 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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
17.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
113 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Colony Meadows Elementary School→Fort Settlement Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 54.0% | 29.0% | 12.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 54.0% | 25.0% | 13.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 82.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
| 2020-21 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Colony Meadows Elementary School
Colony Meadows Elementary School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colony Meadows Elementary School this school | 653 | 17.3% | 73.3% |
| Great Hearts Irving IRVING | 719 | 19.7% | 48.1% |
| Beverly Cheatham Elementary School ALLEN | 669 | 13.8% | 86.4% |
| Smith Elementary School FRISCO | 642 | 13.2% | 65.7% |
| Walker Station Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 793 | 20.9% | 74.6% |
| Austin Elementary School COPPELL | 541 | 11.8% | 63.3% |
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 Colony Meadows Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #227 of 4,401 | #23 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #150 of 4,466 ▲ 64 | #15 of 113 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #166 of 4,466 ▲ 134 | #18 of 113 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,758 of 3,998 | #68 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #1,229 of 4,938 | #68 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #3,881 of 4,622 | #88 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #718 of 4,628 | #62 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.3% | #4,500 of 4,789 | #109 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #1,757 of 2,838 | #41 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
653
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 653 | 38.4 | 17.0:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 38.9 | 16.4:1 | 19% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 22% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 17% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 49.2 | 15.3:1 | 9% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 2% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colony Meadows Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (752 to 653); teachers down 22% (49.2 to 38.4).
About Colony Meadows Elementary School
Colony Meadows Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in SUGAR LAND, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 653 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Federal data list 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD, with 79,663 students enrolled.
The student body at Colony Meadows Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 48%. The remaining shares are 25% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Fort Bend County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Colony Meadows Elementary School are from different groups.
Colony Meadows Elementary School has 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.0:1. The school's 17.0:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 17%. The 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County is 25 points higher.
Colony Meadows 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 86% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.3% for Colony Meadows Elementary School. The school posts 73.3%, 7.0 points above the prediction.
In Fort Bend County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $114,041 a year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Fort Bend County number 217, with about 191,372 students.
The closest school to Colony Meadows Elementary School is Clements High School, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Colony Meadows Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 73.3% against a local average of 73.4%.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 4% drop took enrollment from 683 in 2020-21 to 653 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Colony Meadows Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 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
- Clements High School0.5 mi · 2,641
- Colony Bend Elementary School1.2 mi · 526
- First Colony Middle School1.6 mi · 1,270
- Cornerstone Elementary School1.7 mi · 743
- Fort Settlement Middle School1.7 mi · 1,504
- Commonwealth Elementary School1.8 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Colony Meadows Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Colony Meadows Elementary School?
Colony Meadows Elementary School enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Colony Meadows Elementary School serve?
Colony Meadows Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Colony Meadows Elementary School have?
Colony Meadows Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
How diverse is Colony Meadows Elementary School?
Colony Meadows Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 48% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Colony Meadows Elementary School in?
Colony Meadows Elementary School is part of FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.