PECAN GROVE EL

PECAN GROVE EL is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in RICHMOND, Texas, part of FORT BEND ISD, with 639 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PECAN GROVE EL sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

PECAN GROVE EL is one of 83 schools operated by FORT BEND ISD, a district that caters to 79,663 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PECAN GROVE EL reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 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 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PECAN GROVE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 47.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) shows that median household income runs about $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), PECAN GROVE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FROST EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PECAN GROVE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PECAN GROVE EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.9%.

PECAN GROVE EL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 695 students in 2018 compared to 639 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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