MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE

MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE operates as a sprawling middle school in SUGAR LAND, Texas, part of FORT BEND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,443 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 124% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

FORT BEND ISD comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 79,663 students; MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE lists that 54% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 16% Black, 14% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE lists 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 70.2%, a residual of +13.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Fort Bend County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE is one.

STEPHEN F AUSTIN H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MACARIO GARCIA MIDDLE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 25%: 1,156 students in 2018 compared to 1,443 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 38% to 54% over that span.

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