LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL

LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL is one of the sizable elementary schools in FRESNO, Texas, overseen by FORT BEND ISD, with 857 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 65% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within FORT BEND ISD, which oversees 83 schools and 79,663 students, LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL logs that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 30% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible 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%.

With demographic context factored in, LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate median household earnings sit near $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL is one.

The closest other public school is WALTER MOSES BURTON EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL. On composite proficiency, LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LULA BELLE GOODMAN EL has expanded 41%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 857 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 49% to 30%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.