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Enrollment
1,253
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965013335
James C Neill Elementary School
3830 HARVEST CORNER DR, RICHMOND, TX 77406 · (281) 327-3760 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,253 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
445 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 186 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 221 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 201 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 204 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 217 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 221 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (186) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (221).
Student demographics
74%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
Students here typically continue to
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
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 28.0% | 16.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 69.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
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 James C Neill Elementary School
James C Neill Elementary School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James C Neill Elementary School this school | 1,253 | 35.5% | 51.2% |
| Byrd Elementary School CYPRESS | 1,138 | 33.0% | 77.6% |
| Jan Schiff Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 811 | 36.5% | 49.0% |
| Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School KATY | 935 | 26.4% | 77.1% |
| Warner Elementary School CYPRESS | 1,168 | 23.1% | 76.2% |
| Harmony Science Academy-Katy KATY | 1,347 | 47.2% | 73.9% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 James C Neill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,332 of 4,401 | #69 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,003 of 4,466 ▲ 64 | #61 of 113 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #770 of 4,466 ▲ 264 | #59 of 113 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,461 of 3,998 | #26 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,253 | #19 of 4,938 | #5 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #4,077 of 4,622 | #102 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #182 of 4,628 | #23 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #4,082 of 4,789 | #78 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +86.7% | #41 of 1,307 | #4 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
1,253
+276 (+28%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 1,253 | 71.6 | 17.5:1 | 36% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 1,138 | 69.2 | 16.5:1 | 36% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 1,076 | 62.9 | 17.1:1 | 36% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 977 | 64 | 15.3:1 | 29% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 43.6 | 15.4:1 | 26% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James C Neill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 87% (671 to 1,253); teachers up 64% (43.6 to 71.6).
About James C Neill Elementary School
James C Neill Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in RICHMOND, Texas. It teaches 1,253 students in pre-K through 5. It has 141% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
FORT BEND ISD runs James C Neill Elementary School along with 82 other schools, enrolling 79,663 students in total.
At James C Neill Elementary School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 38%. Other groups include 25% Black, 18% Hispanic, 14% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County residents are about 22% Asian. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at James C Neill Elementary School are from different groups.
James C Neill Elementary School lists 71.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.5 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 36% of the student body.
James C Neill Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Texas public elementary schools.
James C Neill Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.2% and a predicted 58.5%.
The school is in Fort Bend County, where the median household earns about $114,041 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Fort Bend County, 217 public schools serve about 191,372 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, William B Travis High School, is the closest to James C Neill Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, James C Neill Elementary School is behind the 65.4% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 28%. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 RICHMOND
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Nearby schools
- William B Travis High School0.4 mi · 3,114
- Oakland Elementary School1.0 mi · 811
- Malala Yousafzai1.1 mi · 1,118
- Pecan Grove Elementary School1.3 mi · 639
- Frost Elementary School1.6 mi · 792
- Carolyn and Vernon Madden Elementary School1.6 mi · 924
Frequently asked questions
About James C Neill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend James C Neill Elementary School?
James C Neill Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,253 students in grades PK-05.
Is James C Neill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James C Neill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does James C Neill Elementary School have?
James C Neill Elementary School employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at James C Neill Elementary School?
Student demographics at James C Neill Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 18% Hispanic, 25% Black, 38% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is James C Neill Elementary School public or private?
James C Neill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.