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Katy Elem

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 649 students

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Current score
87/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−1.0 ptsvs 88 average · 944 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
592 of 944tied with 54 others
B87

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 94 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 88 average for 944 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
64%vs 60.2% avg · +3.8 pts
Masters
32%vs 28.9% avg · +3.1 pts

Among 921 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
74%vs 70.1% avg · +3.9 pts
Masters
41%vs 35.3% avg · +5.7 pts

Among 923 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Katy Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 88 average for 944 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 592nd of 944 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 54 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageKaty Elem 9085828787 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 94 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8788.0 944 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8787.9 933 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8286.6 919 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8586.9 903 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9088.1 889 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement90 A+1.3 vs similar economic context · 923 reporting
  • School Progress79 C−5.6 vs similar economic context · 921 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps80 B−5.5 vs similar economic context · 915 reporting
  • Academic Growth79 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 906 reporting
  • Relative Performance79 C−0.9 vs similar economic context · 921 reporting
  • Katy Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (944 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement90A—
School Progress79C1
Closing the Gaps80B10
Academic Growth79C1
Relative Performance79C1

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 10 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (90), so School Progress (79) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level85%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
  • Masters grade level34%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
  • Meets grade level74%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
  • Masters grade level41%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 921 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 921 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 921 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 842 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 842 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 842 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (944 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
649
Economically disadvantaged
27.3%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
11.9%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
29.4%+12.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.4%+1.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
5.1%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Katy Elem

African American: 12.3%Hispanic: 22.7%White: 52.2%Asian: 6.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 6.5%
  • African American 12.3%
  • Hispanic 22.7%
  • White 52.2%
  • Asian 6.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 6.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting for every category shown · 944 in full cohort

African American: 8.8%Hispanic: 28.5%White: 48.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 8.9%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5%
  • African American 8.8%
  • Hispanic 28.5%
  • White 48.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 8.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
649
Economically disadvantaged students
177
Emergent bilingual students
77
Special education students
191

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
37
Students in TEA mobility denominator
571
TEA-published mobility rate
6.5%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 649 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 50 (7.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
649

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−50

Decrease · −7.2%

Change since 2021–22
−11

Decrease · −1.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
649
Selected comparison
814.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 935 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Katy Elem
School yearStudents enrolledKaty ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 660 First available year 828.5
2022–23 682 Increase of 22 (3.3%) 833.4
2023–24 702 Increase of 20 (2.9%) 827.5
2024–25 699 Decrease of 3 (0.4%) 824.1
2025–26 649 Decrease of 50 (7.2%) 814.7

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
12

1.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
18

2.45 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
735

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
1.6%
Selected comparison
8.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 688 rated schools reporting

−6.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.45
Selected comparison
16.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 776 rated schools reporting

−14.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Katy Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 678 12 1.8% 21 3.10 6.5% 11.6
2021–22 695 24 3.5% 41 5.90 8.7% 17.4
2022–23 714 13 1.8% 23 3.22 9.0% 18.2
2023–24 744 13 1.8% 20 2.69 8.5% 17.4
2024–25 735 12 1.6% 18 2.45 8.3% 16.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Katy Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 12 1.6% 18 2.45 8.3% 16.6
In-school suspensions 10 1.4% 14 1.90 7.4% 13
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$20k$34k20182020202220242025
  • Katy Elem
  • Parent district: Katy ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,733
Selected comparison
$11,433

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 932 rated schools reporting

−$700 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,733 per student for this campus, $17,981 per student for its parent district, Katy ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearKaty ElemParent district: Katy ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,116$14,611$13,054$7,610 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 839 rated schools reporting
2019$7,621$14,868$13,108$7,705 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 853 rated schools reporting
2020$8,011$15,576$14,058$8,036 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 863 rated schools reporting
2021$9,560$13,959$14,797$8,506 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 871 rated schools reporting
2022$26,046$15,755$15,708$9,725 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 888 rated schools reporting
2023$32,147$17,477$16,792$10,198 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 904 rated schools reporting
2024$11,561$16,789$18,125$11,391 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 918 rated schools reporting
2025$10,733$17,981$18,972$11,433 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 932 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$74,932+$6,550 vs similar economic context
Teachers
49−4.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.4−1.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Katy Elem

Beginning: 1.6%1 to 5 years: 16.5%6 to 10 years: 12.4%11 to 20 years: 45.6%21 to 30 years: 19.8%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 1.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 16.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 12.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 45.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 19.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting for every category shown · 944 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.8%1 to 5 years: 22.5%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 32.4%21 to 30 years: 17.5%Over 30 years: 3.2%
  • Beginning 4.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.5%
  • Over 30 years 3.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Katy Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKaty Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.218.5
Grade 121.918.9
Grade 226.319.5
Grade 323.120.5
Grade 425.120
Grade 527.921.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 243of 4,442

    Attendance

    Similar size · of the 4,442 that report this measure · tied with 54

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 101914102.