SUGAR LAND MIDDLE

Set in SUGAR LAND, Texas, SUGAR LAND MIDDLE is a moderately sized junior high, part of FORT BEND ISD. It instructs 936 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 643.

FORT BEND ISD comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 79,663 students; SUGAR LAND MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUGAR LAND MIDDLE shows that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Asian, 13% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting SUGAR LAND MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 64% of students at SUGAR LAND MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUGAR LAND MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 43.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) records that median household income runs about $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), SUGAR LAND MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

SUGAR MILL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUGAR LAND MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 1,243 students in 2018 compared to 936 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 17% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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