WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL

WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL, a medium-sized primary school in RICHMOND, Texas, run under LAMAR CISD, educates 493 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

LAMAR CISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 46,786 students; WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL is among them.

Demographically, WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 27% Black, 21% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 54.3%.

Around the school, Fort Bend County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL is one campus in the mix.

SUSANNA DICKINSON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WILLIAM VELASQUEZ EL's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 493). White enrollment moved from 32% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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