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Enrollment
739
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY·NCES 480140013693
Sst Sugarland
10007 CLODINE RD, RICHMOND, TX 77407 · (281) 277-7923 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL739 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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
16.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
531 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 7% smaller than its 7th grade class (76).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Sst Sugarland→Sst Sugar Land College Prep High School
Based on grade levels within SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 35.0% | 26.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 23 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 →
Schools most like Sst Sugarland
Sst Sugarland's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sst Sugarland this school | 739 | 71.9% | 66.1% |
| Farrell Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 591 | 77.7% | 42.0% |
| Arbor Creek Elementary School EULESS | 710 | 68.5% | 40.9% |
| Richland Elementary School RICHARDSON | 643 | 73.7% | 38.8% |
| Ray Daily Elementary School HOUSTON | 853 | 67.2% | 43.3% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Cypress CYPRESS | 656 | 67.4% | 49.6% |
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 Sst Sugarland ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #463 of 4,401 | #43 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #677 of 4,466 ▼ 95 | #48 of 113 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #919 of 4,466 ▼ 597 | #64 of 113 ▼ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,665 of 3,998 | #64 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 739 | #689 of 4,938 | #55 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,274 of 4,622 | #72 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #1,056 of 4,628 | #74 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #2,455 of 4,789 | #31 of 117 |
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
739
-118 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 739 | 46.3 | 16.0:1 | 72% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 46.5 | 15.1:1 | 79% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 774 | 52.3 | 14.8:1 | 77% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 64% (548) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sst Sugarland.
About Sst Sugarland
Sst Sugarland is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, located in RICHMOND. Enrolled students number 739 students, in pre-K through 7. Enrollment is 42% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY is the local district for Sst Sugarland. It runs 8 schools with 6,084 students.
The most common group at Sst Sugarland is Black students, at 48%. Enrollment also includes 34% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 5% White. The school's Black share is 27 points above the 21% share among Fort Bend County residents. Sst Sugarland's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sst Sugarland in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.0:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 72% of students at Sst Sugarland as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Fort Bend County average 42%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Sst Sugarland receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations places Sst Sugarland in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 23.1 points above it (66.1% actual, 43.0% predicted).
Fort Bend County has these Census figures: the median household income is $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fort Bend County is home to 217 public schools and about 191,372 public school students.
The closest other public school is Sst Sugar Land College Prep High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 66.1% is above the 48.6% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Sst Sugarland in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large). Charter status: Sst Sugarland is a public charter school.
2024-25 enrollment was 739, a 14% decrease from 857 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.9:1 to 16.0:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY
- Sst Corpus ChristiCombined · 2,343 students
- Sst Hill CountryElementary · 675 students
- Sst NorthwestElementary · 661 students
- Sst AdvancementElementary · 646 students
- Sst DiscoveryElementary · 508 students
- Sst Hill Country College Prep High SchoolHigh · 387 students
Other schools in RICHMOND
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Nearby schools
- Sst Sugar Land College Prep High School0.0 mi · 125
- Mary Austin Holley Elementary School0.5 mi · 648
- Hodges Bend Middle School0.6 mi · 765
- Mission Bend Glen Elementary School1.1 mi · 460
- Carolyn and Vernon Madden Elementary School1.4 mi · 924
- Oyster Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 824
Frequently asked questions
About Sst SugarlandHow many students attend Sst Sugarland?
Sst Sugarland enrolls approximately 739 students in grades PK-07.
Is Sst Sugarland an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sst Sugarland is an elementary school covering grades PK-07.
How many teachers does Sst Sugarland have?
Sst Sugarland employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Sst Sugarland?
Student demographics at Sst Sugarland are roughly 5% White, 34% Hispanic, 48% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sst Sugarland in?
Sst Sugarland is part of SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.