Enrollment
752
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965013913
SONAL S BHUCHAR EL
5503 THOMPSON FERRY RD, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459 · (281) 634-2000 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
164 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
93.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
84.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About SONAL S BHUCHAR EL
SONAL S BHUCHAR EL, a moderately sized primary school in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, overseen by FORT BEND ISD, instructs 752 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 45% above typical.
Across the 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD (79,663 students total), SONAL S BHUCHAR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, SONAL S BHUCHAR EL logs that 67% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest reads as 14% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, SONAL S BHUCHAR EL records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SONAL S BHUCHAR EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SONAL S BHUCHAR EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.4%; actual is 79.5%, +15.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) logs that median household earnings sit near $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which SONAL S BHUCHAR EL is one.
LAWRENCE E ELKINS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SONAL S BHUCHAR EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SONAL S BHUCHAR EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 53.0%.
SONAL S BHUCHAR EL operates from a commuter-belt location.
On the community side, members of the SONAL S BHUCHAR EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 H SHigh · 3,114 students
- LAWRENCE E ELKINS H SHigh · 2,848 students
- RIDGE POINT H SHigh · 2,816 students
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN H SHigh · 2,655 students
- CLEMENTS H SHigh · 2,641 students
- GEORGE BUSH H SHigh · 2,428 students
Other schools in MISSOURI CITY
- LAWRENCE E ELKINS H SHigh · 2,848 students
- RIDGE POINT H SHigh · 2,816 students
- HIGHTOWER H SHigh · 2,312 students
- RONALD THORNTON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,760 students
- THURGOOD MARSHALL H SHigh · 1,698 students
- BILLY BAINES MIDDLEMiddle · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- LAWRENCE E ELKINS H S0.2 mi · 2,848
- JAN SCHIFF EL1.0 mi · 811
- LAKE OLYMPIA MIDDLE1.0 mi · 1,078
- PALMER EL1.3 mi · 802
- QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE1.9 mi · 1,002
- ANNE MCCORMICK SULLIVAN EL2.0 mi · 1,053
Frequently asked questions
About SONAL S BHUCHAR ELWhat is the total enrollment at SONAL S BHUCHAR EL?
SONAL S BHUCHAR EL enrolls approximately 752 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SONAL S BHUCHAR EL serve?
SONAL S BHUCHAR EL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SONAL S BHUCHAR EL have?
SONAL S BHUCHAR EL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at SONAL S BHUCHAR EL?
Student demographics at SONAL S BHUCHAR EL are roughly 6% White, 7% Hispanic, 14% Black, 67% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SONAL S BHUCHAR EL?
SONAL S BHUCHAR EL is overseen by FORT BEND ISD in Fort Bend County.
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