KEMPNER H S

Located at 14777 VOSS RD, in SUGAR LAND, Texas, KEMPNER H S is a large senior high that teaches 1,850 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by FORT BEND ISD. That puts it 132% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

FORT BEND ISD runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 79,663 students. KEMPNER H S is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, KEMPNER H S records that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Asian, 16% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, KEMPNER H S shows 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KEMPNER H S higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at KEMPNER H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KEMPNER H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Around the school, Fort Bend County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), KEMPNER H S is one campus in the mix.

RITA DRABEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KEMPNER H S comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 2,257 students in 2018 compared to 1,850 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 33% to 40%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the KEMPNER H S community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.