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Fort Bend County

154 campuses · rates combine every regular (non-alternative) high school in the county

At a glance vs. Texas

Black students here beat the Texas rate most on “College-ready test score” (+8.6 pts) and trail it most on “College/career/military ready” (-8.1 pts).

Fort Bend Texas
Graduation rate ’24#40 of 74 counties+3.5 vs TX
Fort Bend 93.3%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24#59 of 75 counties-8.1 vs TX
Fort Bend 67.0%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22#15 of 80 counties+8.5 vs TX
Fort Bend 53.1%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24#12 of 75 counties+7.4 vs TX
Fort Bend 88.5%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24#4 of 61 counties+8.6 vs TX
Fort Bend 23.1%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25#26 of 84 counties+0.9 vs TX
Fort Bend 26.9%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24#50 of 96 counties+0.9 vs TX
Fort Bend 56.0%Texas 55.1%

The advanced pipeline

Black students at each gate, latest year. Each stage has its own denominator; the bars sit side by side, never multiplied.

Complete an advanced or dual-credit course56 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 5,458 · White: 74
Take an AP/IB exam18 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 5,443 · White: 35
Pass an AP/IB exam53 in 100
of students who took one · 2024 · n = 1,002 · White: 78

301 of 2,628 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

8890929496201220152018202120249390

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

40506070201720192021202320247567

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

50607020162018202020225345

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

657075808590201220152018202120248981

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

102030201220152018202120242315

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

203040502017201920222024202527

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

40455055602014201720202023202456

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

8101214161820201220152018202120241817

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202494.3%93.3%91.4%96.3%91.6%
College/career/military ready202476.9%67%72.2%86.5%69.3%
Algebra I proficiency202535%26.9%28.4%51%26.6%
Biology proficiency202571.1%60.8%58.7%86.4%58.6%
English II proficiency202564.5%53%52.7%80.9%50.4%
Grade 3 math202354.3%39.9%42.3%69.6%40%
Grade 4 math202355.9%42.7%45%70.9%43.1%
Grade 5 math202359.9%45.1%46.5%76.2%44.4%
Grade 6 math202349.4%33.5%33.8%66.4%31.9%
Grade 7 math202349%32.6%30.4%65.1%31.7%
Grade 8 math202346%32.6%35.4%64.3%33.8%
Grade 3 reading202361.5%52.4%50.2%74.3%48.3%
Grade 4 reading202357.5%48.5%44.6%70.4%43.9%
Grade 5 reading202367.7%58.4%55.5%82%54%
Grade 6 reading202363.8%52%50.9%78.7%48.4%
Grade 7 reading202363.7%52.3%48.6%77.6%48.5%
Grade 8 reading202363.9%51.7%50.1%76.2%49.4%
Advanced course completion202465.4%56%55.7%73.7%54.9%
Took an AP/IB course202454.7%45.1%41.4%62.1%42.8%
Took an AP/IB exam202431.1%18.4%20.5%34.7%20.8%
Passed an AP/IB exam202471.9%52.8%53.6%78.4%56.2%

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