Public schools in Katy, TX

Katy has 86 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 14 high, 18 middle, 53 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 101,465 students. They are run by 9 districts and agencies; Katy ISD runs 63 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 9 districts and agencies that run Katy's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in KatyDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Katy ISD6392,667$11,284
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD11118,010$10,693
Houston West District25,405$10,846
Lamar Consolidated ISD242,461$10,664
International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)222,139$9,669
Aristoi Classical Academy21,316$10,440
Calvin Nelms Charter Schools2313$9,891
Houston North District16,731$11,690
Excel Academy1255$17,455

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

14 high schools in Katy, 32,420 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Seven Lakes High School3,77317.820.0%Katy ISD
Cinco Ranch High School3,74016.731.8%Katy ISD
Katy High School3,54315.433.7%Katy ISD
Paetow High School3,44714.857.4%Katy ISD
Taylor High School3,38416.237.0%Katy ISD
Jordan High School3,33017.314.6%Katy ISD
Cypress Lakes High School3,17514.964.5%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Tompkins High School3,15517.215.1%Katy ISD
Morton Ranch High School2,94413.969.1%Katy ISD
Harmony School of Innovation - Katy87617.438.5%Houston West District
The other 4 high schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Aristoi Classical Upper School66414.415.1%Aristoi Classical Academy
Calvin Nelms High School18317.6not reportedCalvin Nelms Charter Schools
Opport Awareness Ctr1703.570.6%Katy ISD
Leadership Academy366.091.7%Excel Academy

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

18 middle schools in Katy, 20,246 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Beckendorff Junior High1,67417.420.6%Katy ISD
Seven Lakes Junior High1,57116.215.7%Katy ISD
Woodcreek Junior High1,56616.721.3%Katy ISD
Tays Junior High1,46216.613.5%Katy ISD
Cinco Ranch Junior High1,45515.028.2%Katy ISD
Thornton Middle1,42415.476.3%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High1,23915.426.6%Katy ISD
Haskett Junior High1,20813.956.5%Katy ISD
Morton Ranch Junior High1,20512.575.4%Katy ISD
Katy Junior High1,15513.846.8%Katy ISD
The other 8 middle schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Garland Mcmeans Junior High1,13315.624.5%Katy ISD
Stockdick Junior High1,10313.856.5%Katy ISD
T H Mcdonald Junior High96612.771.9%Katy ISD
West Memorial Junior High89712.868.5%Katy ISD
Cardiff Junior High80311.381.3%Katy ISD
Memorial Parkway Junior High76611.942.2%Katy ISD
Iltexas Katy Middle45917.648.4%International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)
Calvin Nelms Middle16021.1not reportedCalvin Nelms Charter Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

53 elementary schools in Katy, 48,786 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Robertson Elementary1,50815.226.3%Katy ISD
Jenks Elementary1,35613.522.1%Katy ISD
Harmony Science Academy-Katy1,34716.940.2%Houston West District
Woodcreek Elementary1,30115.119.1%Katy ISD
Hazel S Pattison Elementary1,26515.321.3%Katy ISD
Campbell Elementary1,17313.310.9%Katy ISD
Tamarron Elementary1,16719.635.0%Lamar Consolidated ISD
Harmony School of Excellence - Katy1,12318.044.1%Houston North District
Franz Elementary1,11513.377.1%Katy ISD
Duryea Elementary1,08915.680.3%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
The other 43 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Tom Wilson Elementary1,05813.119.9%Katy ISD
Ray and Jamie Wolman Elementary1,05414.118.1%Katy ISD
Leonard Elementary1,05112.964.1%Katy ISD
Mcelwain Elementary1,03914.141.2%Katy ISD
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary1,03412.740.3%Katy ISD
Robert King Elementary1,01113.366.1%Katy ISD
Walker Elementary98415.167.6%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Emery Elementary97415.079.5%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
West Memorial Elementary97011.867.7%Katy ISD
Morton Ranch Elementary96912.167.0%Katy ISD
Roosevelt Alexander Elementary96813.723.8%Katy ISD
Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary96813.516.5%Katy ISD
Bethke Elementary96413.353.3%Katy ISD
Mcfee Elementary96115.278.8%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Hemmenway Elementary94715.183.5%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Edna Mae Fielder Elementary94513.230.1%Katy ISD
Iltexas Katy Elementary93617.448.4%International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary93512.724.1%Katy ISD
Kathleen Joerger Lindsey Elementary92317.519.1%Lamar Consolidated ISD
Keiko Davidson Elementary92212.516.8%Katy ISD
Sheridan Elementary91916.076.3%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Robinson Elementary90816.577.9%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
James E Williams Elementary86812.327.9%Katy ISD
Joella Exley Elementary86812.834.8%Katy ISD
Mcroberts Elementary86412.270.5%Katy ISD
Nottingham Country Elementary83613.431.8%Katy ISD
Stanley C Stanley Elementary83513.711.5%Katy ISD
Zelma Hutsell Elementary80411.966.4%Katy ISD
Sue Creech Elementary80412.835.3%Katy ISD
Bonnie Holland Elementary78412.725.4%Katy ISD
Griffin Elementary78213.815.1%Katy ISD
Diane Winborn Elementary72812.158.5%Katy ISD
Sundown Elementary72011.184.3%Katy ISD
Memorial Parkway Elementary71410.076.8%Katy ISD
Jack & Sharon Rhoads Elementary70311.678.5%Katy ISD
Katy Elementary69913.625.3%Katy ISD
Hoover Elementary66012.780.2%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Loraine T Golbow Elementary64012.067.2%Katy ISD
Ursula Stephens Elementary57810.577.2%Katy ISD
Jowell Elementary57415.179.3%Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Jeanette Hayes Elementary51511.332.6%Katy ISD
Cimarron Elementary49510.459.2%Katy ISD
Aristoi Classical Academy43117.514.8%Aristoi Classical Academy

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Katy, 13 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Project Tyke131.1not reportedKaty ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Katy's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Katy school has 13.8 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Texas median of 14.5. 36% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 967 students (state 507).

Katy against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
KatyTexas
Median students per teacher13.814.5
Median school size (students)967507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)36%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)40%52%
Charter schools12%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 86 Katy schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Katy

  1. Katy ISDRuns 63 of Katy's 86 public schools and spent $11,284 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,284
  2. Seven Lakes High School, the largest high school in Katy3,773 students in 2024-25, 17.8 per teacher.3,773
  3. Compare Katy ISD with Cypress-Fairbanks ISDKaty's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Katy addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Katy

  1. How many public schools are in Katy, TX?
    86 public schools with an address in Katy were open in 2024-25: 14 high, 18 middle, 53 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 101,465 students. 10 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Katy?
    Seven Lakes High School, with 3,773 students in 2024-25 (Katy ISD).
  3. Which districts run Katy's schools?
    Katy ISD (63 schools), Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (11 schools), Houston West District (2 schools), Lamar Consolidated ISD (2 schools), and 5 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .