WILLIE MELTON SR EL

Located at 2880 JORDAN RANCH BLVD, in BROOKSHIRE, Texas, WILLIE MELTON SR EL is a mid-sized elementary school that educates 635 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under LAMAR CISD. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

LAMAR CISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 46,786 students; WILLIE MELTON SR EL is among them.

On demographics, WILLIE MELTON SR EL reports that the largest single group is White at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 19% Asian, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, WILLIE MELTON SR EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILLIE MELTON SR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 64.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) reports that 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. WILLIE MELTON SR EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRYANT EL, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIE MELTON SR EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIE MELTON SR EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 70.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

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