Kempner High School

Summary:

Kempner High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Sugar Land, Texas, which is part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. The school has a diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 12.54% White, 18.25% African American, 37.53% Hispanic, and 28.74% Asian students.

Academically, Kempner High School's performance on STAAR EOC exams is generally lower than the district and state averages, with proficiency rates ranging from 16% in Algebra I to 76.77% in U.S. History. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 88.2% to 92.6%, which is lower than nearby high-performing schools like Clements High School (96.6%) and KIPP Houston High School (97.4%). Additionally, Kempner High School has a relatively high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 61.49% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

While Kempner High School's diverse student population is a strength, the school's performance data reveals notable gaps between different racial groups. For example, the school's ranking for Asian students was 307 out of 507 Texas high schools, while the ranking for Hispanic students was 895 out of 1,762 high schools. These challenges present opportunities for the school to implement targeted interventions and learn from the practices of higher-performing schools within the Fort Bend Independent School District, such as Stephen F. Austin High School, to better support the success of all its students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 14777 Voss Rd
       Sugar Land, TX  77498-2125


(281) 634-2300

District: Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
898th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,390 Help


Feeder schools for Kempner High School:

Elementary:    Arizona Fleming Elementary
    Lakeview Elementary
    Rita Drabek Elementary
    Sugar Mill Elementary
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Middle:    Sugar Land Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  17.3 Help
Number of students:  1,896

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
39.9%
Asian:
29.2%
African American:
15.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.8% Help


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Compare Details Kempner High School ranks better than 54.8% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks 7th among 12 ranked high schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.54. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Kempner High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Kempner High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (39.9%), Asian (29.2%), African American (15.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 60.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kempner High School is 17.3, which is the 6th best among 12 high schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kempner High School is $9,390, which is the 6th highest among 12 high schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kempner High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kempner High School 898th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Kempner High School in the ranking list.)

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Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd) 356th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Kempner High School

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Rank History for all students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 74.46 236th 1427 83.5%
2005 78.15 174th 1429 87.8%
2006 69.74 398th 1430 72.2%
2007 69.67 431st 1497 71.2%
2008 72.31 321st 1510 78.7%
2009 72.94 300th 1539 80.5%
2010 73.19 265th 1568 83.1%
2011 72.43 314th 1672 81.2%
2012 72.35 211th 1603 86.8%
2013 69.91 360th 1652 78.2%
2014 68.48 416th 1734 76.0%
2015 67.66 466th 1743 73.3%
2016 61.25 649th 1762 63.2%
2017 67.30 401st 1777 77.4%
2018 67.88 382nd 1797 78.7%
2019 64.19 514th 1857 72.3%
2021 57.37 714th 1861 61.6%
2022 54.91 744th 1876 60.3%
2023 52.26 876th 1961 55.3%
2024 51.54 898th 1987 54.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.90 192nd 582 67.0%
2019 65.72 183rd 604 69.7%
2021 35.98 374th 588 36.4%
2022 43.89 345th 664 48.0%
2023 53.63 270th 677 60.1%
2024 42.98 406th 730 44.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.82 304th 1113 72.7%
2019 41.49 537th 1136 52.7%
2021 37.92 688th 1195 42.4%
2022 39.04 647th 1278 49.4%
2023 40.05 687th 1371 49.9%
2024 39.20 740th 1435 48.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.03 336th 1347 75.1%
2019 48.99 537th 1357 60.4%
2021 45.02 645th 1382 53.3%
2022 58.72 382nd 1418 73.1%
2023 56.70 450th 1478 69.6%
2024 49.06 655th 1547 57.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.49 374th 1794 79.2%
2019 61.64 467th 1818 74.3%
2021 50.94 785th 1848 57.5%
2022 54.61 642nd 1847 65.2%
2023 51.37 756th 1897 60.1%
2024 49.11 774th 1883 58.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.67 406th 1781 77.2%
2019 63.59 552nd 1798 69.3%
2021 61.57 604th 1815 66.7%
2022 59.31 622nd 1841 66.2%
2023 51.47 872nd 1891 53.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.35 201st 1137 82.3%
2019 70.95 169th 1145 85.2%
2021 74.49 127th 1177 89.2%
2022 72.21 197th 1172 83.2%
2023 72.03 198th 1182 83.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.91 203rd 1784 88.6%
2019 64.58 386th 1810 78.7%
2021 25.02 1450th 1829 20.7%
2022 51.01 650th 1837 64.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.11 467th 1803 74.1%
2019 61.85 542nd 1824 70.3%
2021 50.17 831st 1840 54.8%
2022 48.68 833rd 1853 55.0%
2023 50.17 855th 1913 55.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.66 269th 486 44.7%
2019 53.64 257th 487 47.2%
2021 35.16 349th 488 28.5%
2022 46.26 307th 507 39.4%
2023 47.86 326th 525 37.9%
2024 46.47 335th 529 36.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.31 180th 1013 82.2%
2019 64.02 283rd 1024 72.4%
2021 58.79 309th 1020 69.7%
2022 57.04 319th 1031 69.1%
2023 53.82 381st 1069 64.4%
2024 48.77 437th 1065 59.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.48 605th 1691 64.2%
2019 54.29 661st 1714 61.4%
2021 47.73 835th 1743 52.1%
2022 44.10 895th 1762 49.2%
2023 37.00 1130th 1820 37.9%
2024 36.07 1118th 1804 38.0%
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Rank History for White students at Kempner High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.81 470th 1539 69.5%
2019 53.88 653rd 1526 57.2%
2021 51.30 708th 1510 53.1%
2022 43.05 864th 1525 43.3%
2023 51.88 727th 1576 53.9%
2024 39.91 939th 1556 39.7%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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by a student on FaceBook
Friday, June 24, 2011

Open Quote Kempner High School is a great school with amazing teachers and alumni. The time I spent at Kempner was very fun and most of all a time of learning new exciting things. I am so glad I was part of this awesome shool. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Kempner High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 962 207 206 259 0 n/a n/a 0 1634
1990 1343 259 303 358 1 n/a n/a 0 2264
1991 1371 240 303 409 1 n/a n/a 0 2324
1992 1554 301 329 438 1 n/a n/a 0 2623
1993 1614 283 384 453 1 n/a n/a 0 2735
1994 1623 328 438 472 0 n/a n/a 0 2861
1995 1106 215 379 287 1 n/a n/a 0 1988
1996 1106 215 379 287 1 n/a n/a 0 1988
1997 1016 204 380 254 1 n/a n/a 0 1855
1998 1131 238 409 299 1 n/a n/a 0 2078
1999 1240 278 454 347 1 n/a n/a 0 2320
2000 1280 344 594 403 3 n/a n/a 0 2624
2001 1279 369 706 444 5 n/a n/a 0 2803
2002 1070 274 678 417 5 n/a n/a 0 2444
2003 1070 274 678 417 5 n/a n/a 0 2444
2004 991 317 718 456 7 n/a n/a 0 2489
2005 939 341 767 495 5 n/a n/a 0 2547
2006 898 430 813 549 3 n/a n/a 0 2693
2007 789 397 750 585 1 n/a n/a 0 2522
2008 772 388 737 621 2 n/a n/a 0 2520
2009 715 379 760 643 1 n/a n/a 0 2498
2010 663 387 803 682 2 n/a n/a 0 2537
2011 536 379 791 718 4 5 45 0 2478
2012 489 364 797 696 4 6 46 0 2402
2013 449 329 785 684 1 6 54 0 2308
2014 435 353 817 679 6 3 50 0 2343
2015 409 344 880 700 5 4 55 0 2397
2016 379 347 827 706 5 3 57 0 2324
2017 321 371 808 729 3 1 49 0 2282
2018 304 376 782 742 4 3 46 0 2257
2019 271 373 655 749 5 0 42 0 2095
2020 282 375 623 732 2 0 46 0 2060
2021 283 383 614 739 3 0 46 0 2068
2022 263 363 562 724 2 0 48 0 1962
2023 244 355 559 730 6 1 50 0 1945
2024 228 301 553 757 4 1 52 0 1896

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Kempner High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1634 n/a n/a n/a
1990 2264 119.0 19.0 n/a
1991 2324 119.7 19.4 n/a
1992 2623 139.6 18.7 5
1993 2735 154.0 17.8 7.9
1994 2861 165.9 17.2 0.2
1995 1988 164.3 12.1 0
1996 1988 164.3 12.1 0
1997 1855 111.9 16.6 6.7
1998 2078 119.0 17.5 7.6
1999 2320 131.1 17.7 10.6
2000 2624 151.5 17.3 10.1
2001 2803 166.5 16.8 11.1
2002 2444 142.0 17.2 11.7
2003 2444 142.0 17.2 11.7
2004 2489 142.2 17.5 15.4
2005 2547 144.9 17.6 18.5
2006 2693 142.7 18.9 21.5
2007 2522 154.4 16.3 23.6
2008 2520 154.9 16.3 21.1
2009 2498 144.5 17.3 23.5
2010 2537 147.1 17.2 30.9
2011 2478 136.5 18.1 32.5
2012 2402 119.0 20.1 35.6
2013 2308 119.8 19.2 37
2014 2343 116.0 20.1 33.6
2015 2397 125.0 19.1 35.3
2016 2324 122.0 19.0 34.3
2017 2282 122.1 18.6 40.5
2018 2257 120.8 18.6 40.3
2019 2095 115.1 18.1 51.7
2020 2060 116.5 17.6 52.2
2021 2068 118.5 17.4 48.5
2022 1962 116.7 16.8 56
2023 1945 104.8 18.5 61.5
2024 1896 109.4 17.3 60.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Kempner High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1634 n/a n/a n/a
1990 2264 119.0 19.0 n/a
1991 2324 119.7 19.4 n/a
1992 2623 139.6 18.7 5
1993 2735 154.0 17.8 7.9
1994 2861 165.9 17.2 0.2
1995 1988 164.3 12.1 0
1996 1988 164.3 12.1 0
1997 1855 111.9 16.6 6.7
1998 2078 119.0 17.5 7.6
1999 2320 131.1 17.7 10.6
2000 2624 151.5 17.3 10.1
2001 2803 166.5 16.8 11.1
2002 2444 142.0 17.2 11.7
2003 2444 142.0 17.2 11.7
2004 2489 142.2 17.5 15.4
2005 2547 144.9 17.6 18.5
2006 2693 142.7 18.9 21.5
2007 2522 154.4 16.3 23.6
2008 2520 154.9 16.3 21.1
2009 2498 144.5 17.3 23.5
2010 2537 147.1 17.2 30.9
2011 2478 136.5 18.1 32.5
2012 2402 119.0 20.1 35.6
2013 2308 119.8 19.2 37
2014 2343 116.0 20.1 33.6
2015 2397 125.0 19.1 35.3
2016 2324 122.0 19.0 34.3
2017 2282 122.1 18.6 40.5
2018 2257 120.8 18.6 40.3
2019 2095 115.1 18.1 51.7
2020 2060 116.5 17.6 52.2
2021 2068 118.5 17.4 48.5
2022 1962 116.7 16.8 56
2023 1945 104.8 18.5 61.5
2024 1896 109.4 17.3 60.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Kempner High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $562 (6.3%) $8,395 (93.7%) $8,957
2020 $700 (7.7%) $8,357 (92.3%) $9,057
2021 $773 (8.2%) $8,617 (91.8%) $9,390

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Kempner High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 514th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 876th of 1961 High schools
 17%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Kempner High School)5019
 31%
   End of Course Algebra I (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))6749
 18%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Kempner High School)6863
 5%
   End of Course Biology (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))7264
 8%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Kempner High School)6057
 3%
   End of Course English I Reading (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))6160
 1%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Kempner High School)5957
 2%
   End of Course English II Reading (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))6363
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Kempner High School)8881
 7%
   End of Course U.S. History (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))8379
 4%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students20951945
 7.2%
African American373355
 4.8%
American Indian56
 20%
Asian655559
 14.7%
Hispanic749730
 2.5%
Pacific Islander01
White271244
 10%
Two or More Races4250
 19%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients51.7%61.5%
 9.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Kempner High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,896 students attended Kempner High School.

Kempner High School ranks 898th of 1987 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Kempner High School are 40% Hispanic, 29% Asian, 16% African American, 12% White, 3% Two or more races.

Kempner High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Arizona Fleming Elementary
Elementary : Lakeview Elementary
Elementary : Rita Drabek Elementary
Elementary : Sugar Mill Elementary
Elementary : Townewest Elementary
Middle : Sugar Land Middle


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