COMMONWEALTH EL

Located at 4909 COMMONWEALTH BLVD, in SUGAR LAND, Texas, COMMONWEALTH EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that serves 667 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by FORT BEND ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so COMMONWEALTH EL sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

COMMONWEALTH EL is one of 83 schools operated by FORT BEND ISD, a district that hosts 79,663 students overall.

Demographically, COMMONWEALTH EL records that the largest single group is Asian, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 16% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, COMMONWEALTH EL records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, COMMONWEALTH EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 68.8%; COMMONWEALTH EL posts 87.3%, +18.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Fort Bend County reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which COMMONWEALTH EL is one.

The closest other public school is FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COMMONWEALTH EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COMMONWEALTH EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 71.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 29%: 939 students in 2018 compared to 667 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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