JAMES E RANDOLPH EL

JAMES E RANDOLPH EL is one of the well-populated elementary schools in FULSHEAR, Texas, one of the schools within KATY ISD, with 995 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so JAMES E RANDOLPH EL sits 92% above that benchmark.

KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; JAMES E RANDOLPH EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, JAMES E RANDOLPH EL shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JAMES E RANDOLPH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JAMES E RANDOLPH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.3%; this one delivers 77.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) logs that median household income runs about $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%. JAMES E RANDOLPH EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

FRED AND PATTI SHAFER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES E RANDOLPH EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES E RANDOLPH EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 80.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. JAMES E RANDOLPH EL's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,272 (now 995). Asian enrollment moved from 12% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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