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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LANTERN LANE EL this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965001821
Lantern Lane Elementary School
3323 MISSION VALLEY DR, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459 · (281) 634-4680 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
324 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
62%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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 18.0% | 29.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Lantern Lane Elementary School
Lantern Lane Elementary School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lantern Lane Elementary School this school | 434 | 74.7% | 31.1% |
| Sidney H Poynter FORT WORTH | 418 | 76.1% | 33.4% |
| Nita Pearson Elementary School ROWLETT | 455 | 75.2% | 34.2% |
| Houston Classical HOUSTON | 342 | 73.7% | 61.8% |
| Dallas Park Elementary School FORT WORTH | 535 | 70.1% | 33.6% |
| Pirrung Elementary School MESQUITE | 407 | 81.8% | 32.2% |
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 Lantern Lane Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #3,564 of 4,401 | #107 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,204 of 4,466 ▼ 1,487 | #113 of 113 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,839 of 4,466 ▼ 643 | #111 of 113 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,716 of 3,998 | #34 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #3,185 of 4,938 | #101 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,232 of 4,622 | #36 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #1,260 of 4,628 | #79 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #2,294 of 4,789 | #29 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #2,639 of 2,838 | #58 of 61 |
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
434
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 434 | 31.8 | 13.6:1 | 75% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 33.1 | 13.2:1 | 78% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 77% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 75% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 33.4 | 13.4:1 | 68% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 61% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 50% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 19% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 801 | 42 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lantern Lane Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (446 to 434); teachers down 5% (33.4 to 31.8).
About Lantern Lane Elementary School
Located in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, Lantern Lane Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 434 students in pre-K through 5.
In FORT BEND ISD, 83 schools enroll a combined 79,663 students.
The largest group at Lantern Lane Elementary School is Black students, at 54%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County residents are about 21% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lantern Lane Elementary School scores 62%.
With 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 75% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Fort Bend County report 42%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Lantern Lane Elementary School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Lantern Lane Elementary School scores 31.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.8%.
In Fort Bend County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $114,041, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 217 public schools in the county, enrolling about 191,372, Lantern Lane Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Lantern Lane Elementary School is closest to Palmer Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Lantern Lane Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 415 in 2020-21 to 434 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.6:1) than in 2020-21 (11.2:1).
Lantern Lane Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 MISSOURI CITY
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Hightower High SchoolHigh · 2,312 students
- Ronald Thornton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,760 students
- Thurgood Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,698 students
- Billy Baines Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- Palmer Elementary School1.3 mi · 802
- Edgar Glover Jr Elementary School1.4 mi · 338
- El DAEP1.4 mi · 1
- Lake Olympia Middle School1.7 mi · 1,078
- Quail Valley Middle School2.0 mi · 1,002
- Quail Valley Elementary School2.1 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Lantern Lane Elementary SchoolHow large is Lantern Lane Elementary School?
Lantern Lane Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lantern Lane Elementary School serve?
Lantern Lane Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lantern Lane Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Lantern Lane Elementary School.
How diverse is Lantern Lane Elementary School?
Lantern Lane Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 28% Hispanic, 54% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lantern Lane Elementary School in?
Lantern Lane Elementary School is part of FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.