📍 8500 a Meyers Rd, Richmond, Fort Bend County, 77469
Don Carter el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Richmond, Fort Bend County. The school has 913 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leann Imrie. It is part of the Lamar Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Don Carter el enrolls 913 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 27% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Black or African American and 25% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 248 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 234 | 26% |
| White | 228 | 25% |
| Asian | 146 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 5.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
326 of the school's 913 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 291 qualify for free lunch and 35 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.
Don Carter el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 17, state house district 85.
Don Carter el is one of 45 schools in LAMAR CISD, based in ROSENBERG, Texas. The district serves 46,786 students district-wide and employs 2,375 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 913 students, Don Carter el is close to the district average of about 1,040 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large