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How has CORA THOMAS EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 668 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMAR CISD·NCES 482658012086
Cora Thomas Elementary School
6822 IRBY COBB BLVD, RICHMOND, TX 77469 · (832) 223-4600 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
16.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
313 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 80 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Cora Thomas Elementary School
Cora Thomas Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cora Thomas Elementary School this school | 678 | 46.2% | 55.1% |
| John Arredondo Elementary School RICHMOND | 678 | 45.9% | 59.2% |
| Manford Williams Elementary School RICHMOND | 683 | 47.4% | 66.5% |
| Colin Powell Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 628 | 43.2% | 66.5% |
| Phelan Elementary School RICHMOND | 743 | 46.8% | 47.0% |
| Red Duke Elementary School MANVEL | 711 | 42.9% | 49.1% |
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 Cora Thomas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,056 of 4,401 | #63 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #777 of 4,466 ▲ 98 | #52 of 113 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,039 of 4,466 ▼ 240 | #70 of 113 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,483 of 3,998 | #28 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #1,060 of 4,938 | #63 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,608 of 4,622 | #77 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #213 of 4,628 | #28 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #3,734 of 4,789 | #60 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #1,009 of 2,838 | #22 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
678
+36 (+6%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 678 | 41.1 | 16.5:1 | 46% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 34.8 | 19.1:1 | 55% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 40.2 | 14.9:1 | 58% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 53% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 870 | 55.1 | 15.8:1 | 45% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 47 | 17.7:1 | 49% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 61% (418) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cora Thomas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (870 to 678); teachers down 25% (55.1 to 41.1).
About Cora Thomas Elementary School
Cora Thomas Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in RICHMOND, Texas. The school had 678 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
The district, LAMAR CISD, has 46,786 students enrolled across 49 schools.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Cora Thomas Elementary School, 35% of enrollment. Other groups make up 32% Black, 16% Asian, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 25% of Fort Bend County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Cora Thomas Elementary School comes in at 73%.
Cora Thomas Elementary School employs 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. Cora Thomas Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 46%.
The allk12 Grade for Cora Thomas Elementary School is B+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cora Thomas Elementary School is 1.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 55.1%. Predicted: 54.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fort Bend County show that median household income is about $114,041, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Cora Thomas Elementary School is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County, which together enroll about 191,372 students.
The closest public school, Dr Thomas E Randle High School, is about 1.3 miles from Cora Thomas Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cora Thomas Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Cora Thomas Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 642 in 2020-21 and 678 in 2024-25, a 6% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.5:1.
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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 LAMAR CISD
- Fulshear High SchoolHigh · 3,401 students
- Dean Leaman JHMiddle · 2,888 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Other schools in RICHMOND
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Thomas E Randle High School1.3 mi · 1,966
- John Arredondo Elementary School1.3 mi · 678
- Harry Wright JH1.3 mi · 1,444
- Don Carter Elementary School1.6 mi · 758
- Manford Williams Elementary School2.2 mi · 683
- Adriane Mathews Gray Elementary School2.3 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Cora Thomas Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cora Thomas Elementary School?
Cora Thomas Elementary School enrolls approximately 678 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cora Thomas Elementary School serve?
Cora Thomas Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cora Thomas Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Cora Thomas Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Cora Thomas Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cora Thomas Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 35% Hispanic, 32% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Cora Thomas Elementary School in?
Cora Thomas Elementary School is part of LAMAR CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.