📍 1909 Waters Lake Blvd, Missouri City, Fort Bend County, 77459
Ronald Thornton Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Missouri City, Fort Bend County. The school has 1,529 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kathryn Kargbo. It is part of the Fort Bend Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 77.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ronald Thornton Middle enrolls 1,529 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 77.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 34% Black or African American, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 25% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 519 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 405 | 26% |
| White | 379 | 25% |
| Asian | 132 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 84 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
621 of the school's 1,529 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 555 qualify for free lunch and 66 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.
Ronald Thornton Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 17, state house district 27.
Ronald Thornton Middle 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 1,529 students, Ronald Thornton Middle is larger than the district average of about 937 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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