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DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% 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%.
About DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S
DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S is a 9-12 campus of substantial scale in RICHMOND, Texas, run under LAMAR CISD, enrolling 1,966 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S sits 147% larger than that benchmark.
DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S is one of 49 schools operated by LAMAR CISD, a district that enrolls 46,786 students overall.
In terms of who attends, DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 35% Black, 10% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.8%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: HARRY WRIGHT JH, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DR THOMAS E RANDLE H S comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.9%.
The school occupies a rural site.
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