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Enrollment
1,850
High
DISTRICT 1,925 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965006540
Kempner High School
14777 VOSS RD, SUGAR LAND, TX 77498 · (281) 634-2300 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,850 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Texas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
1,135 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 514 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 453 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 460 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 423 | 23% |
Student demographics
71%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
Feeds from
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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 46.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 30.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Kempner High School
Kempner High School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempner High School this school | 1,850 | 61.4% | 56.2% |
| N Garland High School GARLAND | 2,929 | 71.1% | 67.5% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton CARROLLTON | 564 | 50.7% | 62.2% |
| Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land SUGAR LAND | 912 | 56.0% | 81.0% |
| Williams High School PLANO | 1,105 | 55.0% | 49.6% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Euless EULESS | 659 | 50.4% | 72.7% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Kempner High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #606 of 1,385 | #21 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #603 of 1,425 ▲ 218 | #22 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #861 of 1,425 ▲ 18 | #22 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +28.0pp | #192 of 1,184 | #8 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,850 | #369 of 2,107 | #18 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,090 of 1,344 | #11 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #74 of 1,346 | #12 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #767 of 1,522 | #11 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #127 of 557 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,850
-218 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 2,324
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,850 | 108 | 17.1:1 | 61% (1,135) |
| 2023-24 | 1,896 | 109.5 | 17.3:1 | 61% (1,152) |
| 2022-23 | 1,945 | 104.8 | 18.6:1 | 61% (1,196) |
| 2020-21 | 2,068 | 118 | 17.5:1 | 48% (1,002) |
| 2017-18 | 2,257 | 120.8 | 18.7:1 | 40% (909) |
| 2015-16 | 2,324 | 122 | 19.1:1 | 34% (797) |
| 2010-11 | 2,478 | 136 | 18.2:1 | 32% (805) |
| 2000-01 | 2,803 | 166 | 16.9:1 | 11% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 2,324 | 119 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kempner High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (2,257 to 1,850); teachers down 11% (120.8 to 108).
About Kempner High School
Kempner High School is a large high school in FORT BEND ISD, located in SUGAR LAND, Texas. It enrolls 1,850 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. It has 132% more students than the average for high schools in Texas (about 796).
FORT BEND ISD has 79,663 students in 83 schools, and Kempner High School is one of those schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Kempner High School is Hispanic, with 40% of students. Enrollment also includes 29% Asian, 16% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 16 points above the 25% share among Fort Bend County residents. The diversity index for Kempner High School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Kempner High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1, with 108 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 61% at Kempner High School. It compares with 42% for public schools in Fort Bend County.
On the allk12 Grade, Kempner High School lands at B, ahead of 64% of Texas public high schools.
In Texas, Kempner High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 56.2% actual against a predicted 47.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Fort Bend County show that median household income comes to about $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fort Bend County counts 217 public schools with about 191,372 students.
Rita Drabek Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Kempner High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Kempner High School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Kempner High School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Kempner High School enrolled 2,068 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,850.
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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
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- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
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- Dulles High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Fort Settlement Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,504 students
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar LandElementary · 1,471 students
- Macario Garcia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,443 students
Nearby schools
- Rita Drabek Elementary School0.5 mi · 591
- M R Wood Center for Learning1.3 mi · 134
- Sugar Mill Elementary School1.4 mi · 577
- KIPP Journey Primary School1.4 mi · 1,052
- KIPP Journey Collegiate School1.4 mi · 561
- Sugar Land Middle School1.4 mi · 936
Frequently asked questions
About Kempner High SchoolHow large is Kempner High School?
Kempner High School enrolls approximately 1,850 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kempner High School serve?
Kempner High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kempner High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kempner High School is approximately 17.1:1 (108 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kempner High School?
At Kempner High School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 40% Hispanic, 16% Black, 29% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Kempner High School public or private?
Kempner High 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.