FIRST COLONY MIDDLE

FIRST COLONY MIDDLE is a well-populated 6-8 campus in SUGAR LAND, Texas, part of FORT BEND ISD. The school works with 1,270 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 98% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within FORT BEND ISD, which oversees 83 schools and 79,663 students, FIRST COLONY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, FIRST COLONY MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is Asian (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 17% White, 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting FIRST COLONY MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, FIRST COLONY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which FIRST COLONY MIDDLE is one.

SETTLERS WAY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FIRST COLONY MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. FIRST COLONY MIDDLE's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,275 (now 1,270). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 25% to 17%.

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