LANTERN LANE EL

As a cozy primary school in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, LANTERN LANE EL works with 434 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under FORT BEND ISD.

Across the 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD (79,663 students total), LANTERN LANE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LANTERN LANE EL shows that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LANTERN LANE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LANTERN LANE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 28.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put 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%. LANTERN LANE EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

The closest other public school is PALMER EL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LANTERN LANE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LANTERN LANE EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. LANTERN LANE EL's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 434). Black enrollment moved from 63% to 54% across the same window.

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