Jan Schiff El, Missouri City TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Jan Schiff El

Jan Schiff Elementary sits on Discovery Lane in Missouri City, a car-dependent residential suburb in Fort Bend County that sits southwest of Houston and is served by Fort Bend ISD. The school draws pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students from a community built around master-planned subdivisions, deed-restricted neighborhoods, and a parks system that has earned national accreditation. Daily life here is family-centered and suburban in the full sense: residents drive to schools, retail corridors, and community parks, and the nearest thing to a walkable town center is still in the planning stages along Texas Parkway.

The school is notably large for an elementary campus, and its student body is one of the more racially mixed you will find anywhere. Asian and Black students each make up a substantial share of enrollment, with White and Hispanic students present in meaningful numbers as well, and multiracial students rounding out a genuinely diverse peer group. A bit more than a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the economic mix somewhere in the middle range. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in the records we reviewed.

On Texas's STAAR assessment, the picture at Jan Schiff is mixed and worth looking at carefully by subject and grade. Reading and writing results are the clearest strength: fifth graders reach proficiency at a rate that is solidly in the majority, and third and fourth graders are right around half. Math is lower across the board, with third and fourth grade results falling meaningfully below the majority and fifth grade somewhat better but still short of the midpoint. Science, tested only in fifth grade, comes in well below half, and that is the softer result in the school's profile. Social studies approaches-grade performance lands around seven in ten students, though the share meeting or mastering that content is considerably smaller. Across all tested subjects, when Jan Schiff is placed relative to districts in Fort Bend County, the school sits below the midpoint of that comparison set. A parent who wants to understand how their child's grade and subject specifically perform would do well to ask the school directly about the instructional support in math and science.

The trend data covers only a single year, so there is no multi-year arc to read from; the school's trajectory is genuinely unknown at this point.

Fort Bend ISD's district brief came back without confirmed parent-relevant policy or program changes, as the research was not able to surface lasting developments before the search concluded. Program offerings specific to Jan Schiff were not available in the data provided.

The housing market around the school is priced above the Texas statewide median and somewhat above the national median as well, with values having edged slightly lower over the past year. Rents have also dipped modestly. The area's affordability picture, by standard mortgage and rent-to-income measures, is in a moderate range relative to national benchmarks, though carrying costs are real. Missouri City continues to grow, anchored by large master-planned communities, expanding retail, and new multifamily development, which suggests the neighborhood around Jan Schiff will remain active and school-age-family-oriented for years ahead.

For families who want a large, racially diverse elementary school in a stable suburban setting with good parks and a short commute to the Houston metro, Jan Schiff fits that picture well. The academic results, particularly in math and science, are an area where parents may want to have a direct conversation with school leadership about how students at different readiness levels are supported.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 55% · ▼ 15 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 16% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 16% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 19% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 59% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 24% · ▲ 46 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 9% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

This schoolFORT BEND ISD, same grade

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-income35%Higher-income63%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income34%Higher-income65%31 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income79%29 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income28%Higher-income49%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income18%Higher-income48%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income66%39 pp gap