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SUSANNA DICKINSON EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SUSANNA DICKINSON EL
As a medium-sized elementary campus in SUGAR LAND, Texas, SUSANNA DICKINSON EL instructs 616 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within LAMAR CISD.
LAMAR CISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 46,786 students. SUSANNA DICKINSON EL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, SUSANNA DICKINSON EL reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, SUSANNA DICKINSON EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SUSANNA DICKINSON EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 13% of students at SUSANNA DICKINSON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUSANNA DICKINSON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.1%.
In the broader community, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household earnings sit near $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 SUSANNA DICKINSON EL is one.
The closest other public school is WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SUSANNA DICKINSON EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 68.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUSANNA DICKINSON EL has expanded 13%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 616 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 54% across the same window.
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