TERRELL EL

Located at 26026 CANDELA HEIGHTS DR, in RICHMOND, Texas, TERRELL EL is an average-sized primary school that hosts 578 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under LAMAR CISD.

LAMAR CISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 46,786 students. TERRELL EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, TERRELL EL records that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% White, 18% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, TERRELL EL logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, TERRELL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 67.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate 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%. TERRELL EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

The closest other public school is BENTLEY EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TERRELL EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 78.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.