CORNERSTONE EL

Located at 1800 CHATHAM AVE, in SUGAR LAND, Texas, CORNERSTONE EL is a medium-sized elementary campus that works with 743 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within FORT BEND ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 519.

FORT BEND ISD runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 79,663 students. CORNERSTONE EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, CORNERSTONE EL reports that Asian students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 10% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CORNERSTONE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.8%; this one delivers 78.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Fort Bend County reports that median household income runs about $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), CORNERSTONE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SARTARTIA MIDDLE, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CORNERSTONE EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 75.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CORNERSTONE EL's enrollment has contracted 34% since 2018, when it stood at 1,131 (now 743). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for CORNERSTONE EL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.