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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965008566
Rita Drabek Elementary School
11325 LAKE WOODBRIDGE DR, SUGAR LAND, TX 77498 · (281) 634-6570 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
339 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 | 74 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
64%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
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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 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 | 30.0% | 35.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 36.0% | 23.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 62.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Rita Drabek Elementary School
Rita Drabek Elementary School's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rita Drabek Elementary School this school | 591 | 57.4% | 57.1% |
| Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land SUGAR LAND | 729 | 60.9% | 82.6% |
| Brazos Bend Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 716 | 41.8% | 61.3% |
| Manara Academy IRVING | 275 | 48.0% | 20.4% |
| Barrington Place Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 424 | 61.1% | 51.0% |
| Wieland Elementary School PFLUGERVILLE | 372 | 66.7% | 48.1% |
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 Rita Drabek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #925 of 4,401 | #57 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #873 of 4,466 ▼ 119 | #56 of 113 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,020 of 4,466 ▼ 125 | #68 of 113 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,124 of 3,998 | #29 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #1,677 of 4,938 | #76 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,882 of 4,622 | #48 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #1,098 of 4,628 | #75 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #3,254 of 4,789 | #48 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #515 of 2,838 | #10 of 61 |
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
591
-130 (-18%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 919
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 591 | 41.1 | 14.4:1 | 57% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 42.8 | 16.5:1 | 59% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 43.3 | 15.5:1 | 60% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 52 | 13.9:1 | 45% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 52.4 | 16.1:1 | 31% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 26% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 919 | 52 | 17.7:1 | 24% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rita Drabek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (842 to 591); teachers down 22% (52.4 to 41.1).
About Rita Drabek Elementary School
SUGAR LAND, Texas, is home to Rita Drabek Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 591 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
FORT BEND ISD enrolls 79,663 students in 83 schools, including Rita Drabek Elementary School.
At Rita Drabek Elementary School, 56% of students are Asian. It is also 16% Black, 12% White, 12% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fort Bend County is roughly 22% Asian. The diversity index for Rita Drabek Elementary School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rita Drabek Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.4:1. The school's 14.4:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. By family income, 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County is 15 points.
Rita Drabek Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rita Drabek Elementary School's results are 8.0 points above predicted: 57.1% against 49.2%.
The school is in Fort Bend County, where the median household earns about $114,041 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Fort Bend County, 217 public schools serve about 191,372 students.
Kempner High School sits about 0.5 miles from Rita Drabek Elementary School. Rita Drabek Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.6%, lower than Rita Drabek Elementary School's 57.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 18%, from 721 to 591.
The discussion board for Rita Drabek Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 SUGAR LAND
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- Dulles High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Kempner High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Fort Settlement Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,504 students
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar LandElementary · 1,471 students
Nearby schools
- Kempner High School0.5 mi · 1,850
- KIPP Journey Collegiate School1.0 mi · 561
- KIPP Journey Primary School1.0 mi · 1,052
- KIPP Academy West1.4 mi · 422
- Sugar Mill Elementary School1.6 mi · 577
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar Land1.6 mi · 1,471
Frequently asked questions
About Rita Drabek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rita Drabek Elementary School?
Rita Drabek Elementary School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rita Drabek Elementary School serve?
Rita Drabek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Rita Drabek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Rita Drabek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rita Drabek Elementary School?
At Rita Drabek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 12% Hispanic, 16% Black, 56% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Rita Drabek Elementary School in?
Rita Drabek Elementary School is part of FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.