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Sugar Land, Texas - 81 schools
An equity score of 22/100 ranks Fort Bend Isd #952 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,893 per pupil, Fort Bend Isd ranks #993 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Fort Bend Isd operates 81 public schools serving 79,660 students, placing it among the largest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 53 combined, 15 middle, 7 elementary, 6 high schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Fort Bend County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,893 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 58.4% local, 26.9% state, and 14.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 22/100, ranked #952 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 11 of 81 schools offering Advanced Placement (279 AP courses district-wide), a 507.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 29.6% Hispanic or Latino, 28.9% African American, 24.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Donald Leonetti El, with a diversity index of 78.4/100.
Its largest campus is William B Travis H S, enrolling 3,114 students (4% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fort Bend Co Alter, at 15 students, a 208x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Fort Bend Isd school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 3,114 students (highest), a spread of 3,099 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Fort Bend Isd is typically wider than the Fort Bend Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22
This district scores below average on funding equity. High reliance on local revenue or lower spending may contribute.
Average demographic composition across 81 schools in Fort Bend Isd.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Fort Bend Isd's schools, above the Texas average of 44.7.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
The Texas districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idea Public Schools | Similar size | Similar spending | Less locally funded |
| Austin Isd | Similar size | Similar spending | More locally funded |
| Fort Worth Isd | Similar size | Higher spending | Similar funding mix |
| Conroe Isd | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Frisco Isd | Similar size | Similar spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Fort Bend Isd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Houston Isd →Fort Bend Isd has 81 schools, including 53 combined, 6 high, 15 middle, 7 elementary. Total enrollment is 79,660 students.
Fort Bend Isd spends $10,893 per student. The district has an equity score of 22/100, ranking #952 in Texas.
Fort Bend Isd students are 29.6% Hispanic or Latino, 28.9% African American, 24.5% Asian, 12.2% White, averaged across 81 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Fort Bend Isd has an equity score of 22/100, ranking #952 out of 1044 districts in Texas.
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