📍 14777 Voss Rd, Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, 77498
Kempner H S is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Sugar Land, Fort Bend County. The school has 1,945 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Reginald Brown. It is part of the Fort Bend Isd school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 104.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. The school offers 24 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kempner H S enrolls 1,945 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 104.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Hispanic or Latino, 29% Asian and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 730 | 38% |
| Asian | 559 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 355 | 18% |
| White | 244 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,196 of the school's 1,945 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1,023 qualify for free lunch and 173 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kempner H S is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-70, state senate district 17, state house district 26.
Kempner H S is one of 85 schools in FORT BEND ISD, based in SUGAR LAND, Texas. The district serves 79,663 students district-wide and employs 4,801 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,945 students, Kempner H S is larger than the district average of about 937 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize