THURGOOD MARSHALL H S

THURGOOD MARSHALL H S is a senior high of roomy scale in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, one of the schools within FORT BEND ISD, enrolling 1,698 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 113% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

Across the 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD (79,663 students total), THURGOOD MARSHALL H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, THURGOOD MARSHALL H S logs that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, THURGOOD MARSHALL H S records 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at THURGOOD MARSHALL H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, THURGOOD MARSHALL H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put 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. THURGOOD MARSHALL H S is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

Nearest neighbor: HUNTERS GLEN EL, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, THURGOOD MARSHALL H S comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

THURGOOD MARSHALL H S operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THURGOOD MARSHALL H S has edged up 37%, going from 1,243 students in 2018 to 1,698 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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