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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 668 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMAR CISD·NCES 482658004034
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School
7110 GREATWOOD PKWY, SUGAR LAND, TX 77479 · (832) 223-1400 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
16.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
79 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 61.0% | 23.0% | 10.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 53.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 68.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Susanna Dickinson Elementary School
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susanna Dickinson Elementary School this school | 616 | 12.8% | 78.7% |
| Forest Creek Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 652 | 14.0% | 61.5% |
| Baldwin Elementary School AUSTIN | 582 | 13.7% | 74.2% |
| Celia Hays Elementary School ROCKWALL | 613 | 10.4% | 72.2% |
| Hunters Creek Elementary School HOUSTON | 575 | 18.8% | 72.3% |
| Lance Thompson Elementary School ARGYLE | 701 | 8.6% | 66.2% |
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 Susanna Dickinson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #108 of 4,401 | #13 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #157 of 4,466 ▼ 33 | #18 of 113 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #139 of 4,466 ▲ 130 | #15 of 113 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.5pp | #475 of 3,998 | #5 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #1,488 of 4,938 | #74 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,322 of 4,622 | #73 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #1,043 of 4,628 | #73 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.8% | #4,591 of 4,789 | #111 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.2% | #625 of 1,307 | #21 of 34 |
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
616
+109 (+21%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 616 | 38.4 | 16.1:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 31.4 | 17.9:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 34.9 | 15.7:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 34.1 | 16.0:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 6% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 10% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Susanna Dickinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (544 to 616); teachers up 13% (34.1 to 38.4).
About Susanna Dickinson Elementary School
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in SUGAR LAND, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 616 students.
Besides Susanna Dickinson Elementary School, LAMAR CISD runs 48 other schools. The district enrolls 46,786 students.
Roughly 54% of students at Susanna Dickinson Elementary School are White. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. Fort Bend County's residents are about 34% White, 20 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Susanna Dickinson Elementary School, 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.1:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County is 29 points.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Susanna Dickinson Elementary School 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.
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.7% is 10.4 points above the 68.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School is located in Fort Bend County, where the median household income is $114,041, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Susanna Dickinson Elementary School, Fort Bend County has 216 other public schools.
The nearest public school is William Velasquez Elementary School, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Susanna Dickinson Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 616, a 21% increase from 507 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.1 to 16.1 over 4 years.
Discussions about Susanna Dickinson Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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 LAMAR CISD
- Fulshear High SchoolHigh · 3,401 students
- Dean Leaman JHMiddle · 2,888 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Other schools in SUGAR LAND
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- Dulles High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Kempner High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Fort Settlement Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,504 students
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar LandElementary · 1,471 students
Nearby schools
- William Velasquez Elementary School0.8 mi · 493
- Bess Campbell Elementary School1.5 mi · 580
- Reading JH2.3 mi · 1,603
- George Ranch High School2.3 mi · 2,337
- Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School2.4 mi · 543
- Manford Williams Elementary School2.4 mi · 683
Frequently asked questions
About Susanna Dickinson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Susanna Dickinson Elementary School?
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-05.
Is Susanna Dickinson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Susanna Dickinson Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Susanna Dickinson Elementary School.
How diverse is Susanna Dickinson Elementary School?
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Susanna Dickinson Elementary School in?
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School is part of LAMAR CISD.
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