MALALA YOUSAFZAI

Located at 11770 W ALIANA TRACE DR, in RICHMOND, Texas, MALALA YOUSAFZAI is a high-enrollment primary school that educates 1,118 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within FORT BEND ISD. That puts it 115% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, MALALA YOUSAFZAI lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest is composed of 10% Black, 9% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MALALA YOUSAFZAI sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 66.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate 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. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), MALALA YOUSAFZAI is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CAROLYN AND VERNON MADDEN EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MALALA YOUSAFZAI comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

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