Commonwealth Elementary

Commonwealth Elementary in Sugar Land, TX, is a top-tier public school serving 667 students in grades PK through 5 as part of the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd). This school has consistently ranked in the top 1% of all Texas elementary schools for at least the last decade, and for the 2025-2026 school year, it is ranked 25th out of 4,627 elementary schools statewide. With a favorable student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1 and only about 11% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, Commonwealth stands out for its elite academic performance, with test scores roughly 30-40 percentage points above state averages in reading, math, and science.

Commonwealth is part of a dense cluster of exceptionally high-performing schools in Sugar Land, including nearby peers like Cornerstone Elementary (ranked 63rd), Sonal S Bhuchar Elementary (40th), and Anne McCormick Sullivan Elementary (38th). However, it significantly outpaces other nearby schools like Highlands Elementary (518th) and Colony Bend Elementary (747th). Interestingly, Commonwealth achieves these top-tier results with a lower per-student spending of $8,485 compared to higher-spending but lower-performing schools like Highlands ($12,195) and Lexington Creek Elementary ($11,763), suggesting that strong parental support and community wealth are key drivers of its success.

One notable strength is Commonwealth's exceptional effectiveness with low-socioeconomic status (SES) students, who ranked 29th out of 4,520 schools statewide in the 2025-2026 school year. However, the school has seen a concerning drop in performance for English Language Learner (ELL) students, who fell from a 100th percentile ranking in 2022-2023 to the 62nd percentile in 2025-2026. Additionally, while Commonwealth's 5th-grade science scores (73.5%) are more than double the state average (29.57%), they are lower than its reading and math scores—a pattern shared by other top schools like Cornerstone and Bhuchar, indicating that science proficiency remains a challenge even in the best elementary schools.