Sst Sugarland, Richmond TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Sst Sugarland

SST Sugarland is a public charter school operated by the School of Science and Technology Discovery network, located on Clodine Road in Richmond, Texas. It serves prekindergarten through seventh grade, placing it in a suburban stretch of Fort Bend County that sits roughly a half-hour southwest of downtown Houston. The school does not serve high school grades, so graduation rate data does not apply here.

The defining feature of this school is its network's instructional model. Publicly reported information describes the School of Science and Technology as built around Project Lead The Way, a structured STEM curriculum, with college-preparation emphasis starting in kindergarten and a formal STEM concentration beginning in fourth grade. Eight SST campuses received PLTW program recognitions in a recent year, and the network publicly reported that all of its campuses earned either an A or B rating in the most recent Texas accountability cycle. Families considering SST Sugarland are essentially choosing a STEM-focused pedagogy from the earliest grades, which is the central reason to enroll and also the central question to ask whether it fits a child.

On state STAAR assessments, the picture across subjects is mixed but generally solid in reading and language arts, with noticeable variation in math and science by grade. In ELA, proficiency rates climb steadily through the grade levels, reaching a particularly strong level by seventh grade. Math results are respectable in the elementary grades and strong at seventh grade, but the sixth-grade math result is meaningfully lower than the grades around it, which a parent may want to ask the school about directly. The fifth-grade science result is the school's softest data point, falling well below what the other subjects show at that grade. The social studies result comes from an earlier school year and carried a flag indicating a cut-score change, so it is not cleanly comparable to the current results. Looking across all tested subjects and grades together, the school's overall proficiency index places it at the top of the comparison set relative to districts in Fort Bend County, which is a meaningful position. Multi-year trend data was only available for a single point, so direction of travel cannot be assessed.

The student body is sizable for a PK-7 school. The racial and ethnic composition is predominantly Black, with Asian students making up the second largest group and Hispanic students a smaller share. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning this is a school where most families are economically stretched. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided, which is a gap worth asking the school about directly if those populations matter to your family's decision.

Richmond itself is a place in active transition. The Fort Bend County seat preserves a compact, 19th-century historic downtown along Morton Street, with local restaurants, antique shops, and county government offices, while the broader area around the Clodine Road address is defined by newer master-planned residential communities. Publicly reported information points to large-scale communities such as Harvest Green and Candela still building out, and the county's population is on a sustained growth trajectory. The area is car-dependent outside the historic core, with internal trail systems serving the newer subdivisions rather than connected urban sidewalks.

Housing near the school runs above the Texas state median, though values have dipped modestly year over year. Rents in the immediate zip code have also softened slightly. The broader Fort Bend housing market remains accessible compared to closer-in Houston corridors but is not inexpensive.

The SST network has been expanding, with new campuses opening in recent years to meet demand. For families in the Sugarland and southwest Houston area who want a structured STEM pathway starting in the early elementary grades, operating in a tuition-free charter setting, SST Sugarland offers that pathway with competitive tested results in ELA across all grades and stronger math results at the upper end of its grade band. The weaker fifth-grade science result and the sixth-grade math dip are real and worth discussing with the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 362%

School 62% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 42% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · district not reported

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 49% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 60% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 54% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 58% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 584%

School 84% · district not reported

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 676%

School 76% · District 69% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 790%

School 90% · District 73% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Science

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 29% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 41% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income63%Higher-income74%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income78%Higher-income92%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income76%Higher-income100%24 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income74%Higher-income86%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income91%Higher-income88%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income92%Higher-income89%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income67%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income75%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income67%Higher-income79%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income40%Higher-income63%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income75%Higher-income74%1 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income25%1 pp gap