COLONY MEADOWS EL

COLONY MEADOWS EL is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in SUGAR LAND, Texas, overseen by FORT BEND ISD, educateing 653 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

Demographically, COLONY MEADOWS EL shows that the most-represented group is Asian (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, COLONY MEADOWS EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 17% of students are eligible 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 residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COLONY MEADOWS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. COLONY MEADOWS EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

CLEMENTS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLONY MEADOWS EL. On composite proficiency, COLONY MEADOWS EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 73.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. COLONY MEADOWS EL's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 653). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 8% to 15%. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the COLONY MEADOWS EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.