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How has FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,504
Middle
DISTRICT 1,216 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965008565
Fort Settlement Middle School
5440 ELKINS RD, SUGAR LAND, TX 77479 · (281) 634-6440 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,504 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Texas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
182 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 463 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 511 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 530 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
92.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
90.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 76.0% | 16.0% | 6.0% | 2.0% |
| Mathematics | 67.0% | 23.0% | 8.0% | 2.0% |
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 | 92.0% | 90.0% |
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 76.0% |
| 2020-21 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
87.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Fort Settlement Middle School
Fort Settlement Middle School's state test result (87.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Settlement Middle School this school | 1,504 | 12.1% | 87.6% |
| Rice Middle School PLANO | 872 | 10.7% | 84.3% |
| Nelson Middle School FRISCO | 1,094 | 4.8% | 87.5% |
| Fowler Middle School PLANO | 967 | 6.4% | 89.2% |
| Sartartia Middle School SUGAR LAND | 1,365 | 22.4% | 81.5% |
| Vandeventer Middle School FRISCO | 846 | 10.9% | 85.2% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Fort Settlement Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #6 of 1,635 | #1 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #9 of 1,670 ▼ 2 | #1 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #13 of 1,670 ▲ 1 | #1 of 33 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #950 of 1,570 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,504 | #20 of 1,749 | #9 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,502 of 1,542 | #29 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #806 of 1,543 | #32 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #1,616 of 1,648 | #33 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #325 of 437 | #15 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,504
+143 (+11%) vs 2020
+41% since 2010-11, when it was 1,066
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 1,504 | 76.7 | 19.6:1 | 12% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 1,529 | 76.7 | 19.9:1 | 13% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 1,498 | 71.5 | 20.9:1 | 12% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 1,361 | 69 | 19.7:1 | 10% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 1,429 | 70.8 | 20.2:1 | 9% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 1,315 | 61 | 21.6:1 | 3% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 1,066 | 58 | 18.4:1 | 6% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Settlement Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,429 to 1,504); teachers up 8% (70.8 to 76.7).
About Fort Settlement Middle School
Fort Settlement Middle School sits in SUGAR LAND, Texas, and is classified as a middle school. The school reports 1,504 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 134% above the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Federal data list 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD, with 79,663 students enrolled.
Asian students are the majority at Fort Settlement Middle School, with 67% of enrollment. Other groups make up 14% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Fort Bend County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 76.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. That is higher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 12%. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County is 30 points.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Fort Settlement Middle School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Fort Settlement Middle School does better than predicted by 19.1 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 87.6%; the prediction is 68.5%.
Among Fort Bend County residents, the median household income is $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Fort Settlement Middle School is one of 217 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Commonwealth Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 75.4% on proficiency, and Fort Settlement Middle School is above that at 87.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,504, an 11% rise from 1,361 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Fort Settlement Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
Other schools in SUGAR LAND
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- Dulles High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Kempner High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar LandElementary · 1,471 students
- Macario Garcia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,443 students
Nearby schools
- Commonwealth Elementary School0.9 mi · 667
- Clements High School1.3 mi · 2,641
- Colony Meadows Elementary School1.7 mi · 653
- Bess Campbell Elementary School1.9 mi · 580
- First Colony Middle School2.0 mi · 1,270
- Colony Bend Elementary School2.1 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Settlement Middle SchoolHow many students attend Fort Settlement Middle School?
Fort Settlement Middle School enrolls approximately 1,504 students in grades 06-08.
Is Fort Settlement Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fort Settlement Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Fort Settlement Middle School have?
Fort Settlement Middle School employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
How diverse is Fort Settlement Middle School?
Fort Settlement Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 67% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fort Settlement Middle School in?
Fort Settlement Middle School is part of FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.