HERITAGE ROSE EL

HERITAGE ROSE EL is one of the heavily attended primary schools in ROSHARON, Texas, overseen by FORT BEND ISD, with 1,245 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 140% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

FORT BEND ISD comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 79,663 students; HERITAGE ROSE EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, HERITAGE ROSE EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, HERITAGE ROSE EL logs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at HERITAGE ROSE EL qualify 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 somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HERITAGE ROSE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 30.3%.

Around the school, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household income runs about $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HERITAGE ROSE EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALMETA CRAWFORD H S, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERITAGE ROSE EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. HERITAGE ROSE EL's enrollment has edged up 34% since 2018, when it stood at 932 (now 1,245). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 76% to 45%.

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