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STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL
Set in RICHMOND, Texas, STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus, operated by LAMAR CISD. It serves 468 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 49 schools in LAMAR CISD (46,786 students total), STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL records that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 30% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. Compared to Fort Bend County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 40% of students at STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +0.3 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).
Nearest neighbor: ILTEXAS RICHMOND EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.1%.
STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL has contracted 23%, going from 607 students in 2018 to 468 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 52% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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