RITA DRABEK EL

RITA DRABEK EL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in SUGAR LAND, Texas, one of the schools within FORT BEND ISD, with 591 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

RITA DRABEK EL is one of 83 schools operated by FORT BEND ISD, a district that works with 79,663 students overall.

On demographics, RITA DRABEK EL lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 16% Black, 12% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, RITA DRABEK EL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting RITA DRABEK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, RITA DRABEK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.3%.

In the broader community, Fort Bend County reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), RITA DRABEK EL is one campus in the mix.

KEMPNER H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RITA DRABEK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RITA DRABEK EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RITA DRABEK EL has decreased 30%, going from 842 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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