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What's something LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
857
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965008786
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School
1100 W SYCAMORE, FRESNO, TX 77545 · (281) 634-5986 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
14.5:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
715 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (168).
Student demographics
47%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
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School→Lake Olympia Middle School
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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School this school | 857 | 83.4% | 32.4% |
| Nci Charter School Without Walls HOUSTON | 891 | 85.1% | N/A |
| Dunn Elementary School HOUSTON | 800 | 83.4% | 25.0% |
| Cross Elementary School MESQUITE | 803 | 81.9% | 44.4% |
| Milton Cooper Elementary School HOUSTON | 766 | 84.2% | 38.4% |
| Ponderosa Elementary School HOUSTON | 740 | 87.2% | 17.9% |
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 Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,437 of 4,401 | #103 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,731 of 4,466 ▲ 208 | #95 of 113 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,010 of 4,466 ▲ 403 | #104 of 113 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,865 of 3,998 | #36 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #285 of 4,938 | #34 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,023 of 4,622 | #49 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #2,683 of 4,628 | #100 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #1,696 of 4,789 | #11 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.4% | #152 of 1,307 | #7 of 34 |
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
857
+171 (+25%) vs 2020
+78% since 2000-01, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 857 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 83% (715) |
| 2023-24 | 841 | 51.3 | 16.4:1 | 85% (714) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 45.1 | 16.0:1 | 87% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 55 | 12.5:1 | 75% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 43.5 | 13.9:1 | 62% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 61% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 59% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 71% (342) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (606 to 857); teachers up 36% (43.5 to 59).
About Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School is a large elementary school in FRESNO, Texas, administered by FORT BEND ISD. Enrollment is 857 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 65% higher.
FORT BEND ISD enrolls 79,663 students in 83 schools, including Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School.
Hispanic students account for 67% of enrollment at Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School. The remaining students are 30% Black. Census figures show Fort Bend County is about 25% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School comes in at 47%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 at Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 83%. Public schools in Fort Bend County average 42%.
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School is 38.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.4%.
Census estimates describe Fort Bend County this way: median household income is about $114,041, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 217 public schools in Fort Bend County, with a combined enrollment of about 191,372.
Of nearby public schools, Walter Moses Burton Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School is behind the 41.6% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
NCES describes the area around Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School saw enrollment rise 25% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 12.5:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 FRESNO
- Walter Moses Burton Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- The Tshepang Center FresnoHigh · 8 students
- Blessed Kidz 2High · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Walter Moses Burton Elementary School0.7 mi · 668
- Blessed Kidz 21.6 mi · 4
- Hightower High School1.9 mi · 2,312
- Rosa Parks Elementary School1.9 mi · 648
- The Tshepang Center Fresno2.0 mi · 8
- Savannah Lakes Elementary School2.2 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About Lula Belle Goodman Elementary SchoolHow large is Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School?
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School enrolls approximately 857 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 67% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School in?
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School is part of FORT BEND ISD.
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