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JOE HUBENAK EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JOE HUBENAK EL
JOE HUBENAK EL is one of the sprawling elementary-level communitys in RICHMOND, Texas, operated by LAMAR CISD, with 1,179 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 127% above the state mean of about 519.
JOE HUBENAK EL is one of 49 schools operated by LAMAR CISD, a district that works with 46,786 students overall.
On demographics, JOE HUBENAK EL shows that 27% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 25% White, 22% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, JOE HUBENAK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 69.7%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), JOE HUBENAK EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SEVEN LAKES J H, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOE HUBENAK EL. On composite proficiency, JOE HUBENAK EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 81.9%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOE HUBENAK EL has climbed 40%, going from 844 students in 2018 to 1,179 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 14% to 21%.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for JOE HUBENAK EL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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