SUGAR MILL EL

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in SUGAR LAND, Texas, SUGAR MILL EL teaches 577 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under FORT BEND ISD.

SUGAR MILL EL is one of 83 schools operated by FORT BEND ISD, a district that instructs 79,663 students overall.

Demographically, SUGAR MILL EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 30% White, 14% Asian, 9% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, SUGAR MILL EL logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, SUGAR MILL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) reports that median household income runs about $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 MILL EL is one campus in the mix.

SUGAR LAND MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUGAR MILL EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUGAR MILL EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.7%.

SUGAR MILL EL operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUGAR MILL EL has stayed largely flat, going from 588 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 22% to 14%.

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