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RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H
RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H is one of the big 6-8 campuss in KATY, Texas, one of the schools within KATY ISD, with 1,239 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H sits 93% larger than that benchmark.
RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H is one of 78 schools operated by KATY ISD, a district that hosts 96,111 students overall.
In terms of who attends, RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.0%; actual is 79.2%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate median household income runs about $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SUE CREECH EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 71.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H's enrollment has ticked up 29% since 2018, when it stood at 957 (now 1,239). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 24% to 29%.
On the community side, members of the RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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