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FULSHEAR H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FULSHEAR H S
FULSHEAR H S is a secondary school of sizable scale in FULSHEAR, Texas, one of the schools within LAMAR CISD, caters to 3,401 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 327% larger than typical.
LAMAR CISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 46,786 students; FULSHEAR H S is among them.
In terms of who attends, FULSHEAR H S shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 23% Black, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FULSHEAR H S has 147 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, FULSHEAR H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.6%; this one delivers 72.3%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put median household earnings sit near $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%. FULSHEAR H S is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).
Nearest neighbor: DEAN LEAMAN JH, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FULSHEAR H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FULSHEAR H S at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.0%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Over the past 7-year window. FULSHEAR H S's enrollment has expanded 364% since 2018, when it stood at 733 (now 3,401). White enrollment moved from 47% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.
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