Best Public Schools in Zip Code 77053

The 9 schools in zip code 77053 serve nearly 6,000 students from elementary through high school, primarily within the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd) and the Yes Prep Public Schools Inc charter network, in an area where a very high percentage of students face economic disadvantages.

The standout school in the area is Yes Prep - Southwest, a high school that earns a 4-star rating and ranks in the top 20% of Texas high schools. It dramatically outperforms the other high school, Willowridge High School, in every subject—for example, 80.57% of Yes Prep students are proficient in Algebra I compared to just 29.57% at Willowridge. Yes Prep also boasts a 96% graduation rate versus Willowridge’s 84.6%. In contrast, Christa McAuliffe Middle is the only middle school and has received a 0-star rating for two straight years, with critically low math scores—only 4.43% of 7th graders were proficient in math. Among elementary schools, Ridgemont Elementary and Ridgegate Elementary show mixed results, with 5th grade reading proficiency around 52%, below the state average of 58.47%.

A key takeaway is that the Yes Prep Public Schools Inc charter network achieves strong results despite serving a student population with a higher poverty rate than the traditional public schools. Meanwhile, the Fort Bend ISD schools in this zip code consistently underperform their own district averages, suggesting these are among the lowest-performing schools in an otherwise well-regarded district. Another interesting pattern is that at Reagan K-8 Educational Center and Christa McAuliffe Middle, Algebra I scores for advanced 8th graders are very high (over 78%), but this masks poor performance in general math for the majority of students. Additionally, schools offering the STAAR test in Spanish, such as Ridgemont Elementary, show a significant performance gap, with students taking the Spanish version scoring much lower than those taking the English version.