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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BECKENDORFF J H administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,674
Middle
DISTRICT 1,173 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517010763
Beckendorff Junior High School
8200 FRY RD, KATY, TX 77494 · (281) 237-8800 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,674 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
379 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 540 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 563 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 571 | 34% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Beckendorff Junior High School→Seven Lakes High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from KATY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
89.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
87.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 72.0% | 17.0% | 7.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 66.0% | 21.0% | 8.0% | 5.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 89.0% | 87.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 82.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 84.0% |
| 2020-21 | 68.0% | 82.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Beckendorff Junior High School
Beckendorff Junior High School's state test result (86.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckendorff Junior High School this school | 1,674 | 22.6% | 86.0% |
| Seven Lakes Junior High School KATY | 1,571 | 17.6% | 86.4% |
| Tays Junior High School KATY | 1,462 | 15.4% | 82.6% |
| Ereckson Middle School ALLEN | 1,263 | 19.9% | 76.0% |
| Robinson Middle School PLANO | 1,084 | 17.1% | 71.2% |
| Killian Middle School LEWISVILLE | 997 | 25.4% | 64.8% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Beckendorff Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #10 of 1,635 | #3 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #18 of 1,670 ▲ 4 | #3 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #25 of 1,670 ▲ 8 | #2 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,098 of 1,570 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,674 | #10 of 1,749 | #5 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,357 of 1,542 | #21 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #88 of 1,543 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #1,538 of 1,648 | #28 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #829 of 942 | #11 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,674
-21 (-1%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 1,516
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,674 | 96.3 | 17.4:1 | 23% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 1,688 | 103.1 | 16.4:1 | 24% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 1,731 | 99.2 | 17.5:1 | 24% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 1,695 | 95 | 17.8:1 | 13% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 1,739 | 91.8 | 18.9:1 | 12% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 1,760 | 90 | 19.6:1 | 5% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 1,516 | 82 | 18.5:1 | 5% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beckendorff Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,739 to 1,674); teachers up 5% (91.8 to 96.3).
About Beckendorff Junior High School
Beckendorff Junior High School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in KATY ISD, located in KATY, Texas. The school has 1,674 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
The district for Beckendorff Junior High School is KATY ISD, with 78 schools and 96,111 students.
At Beckendorff Junior High School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 38%. Other students are 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Fort Bend County residents are about 22% Asian. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Beckendorff Junior High School are from different groups.
The school lists 96.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is lower. A total of 379 students, or 23%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Fort Bend County, the average is 42%.
Beckendorff Junior High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 86.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 64.0%, so the school is 22.0 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
American Community Survey estimates for Fort Bend County show that the median household earns about $114,041 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Fort Bend County, 217 public schools serve about 191,372 students.
Beckendorff Junior High School is about 0.3 miles from Griffin Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Beckendorff Junior High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Beckendorff Junior High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,674, close to the 1,695 recorded in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Beckendorff Junior High School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KATY ISD
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Other schools in KATY
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Nearby schools
- Griffin Elementary School0.3 mi · 782
- Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary School0.9 mi · 968
- Bonnie Holland Elementary School0.9 mi · 784
- Seven Lakes Junior High School1.2 mi · 1,571
- Seven Lakes High School1.4 mi · 3,773
- Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School1.5 mi · 1,034
Frequently asked questions
About Beckendorff Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Beckendorff Junior High School?
Beckendorff Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,674 students in grades 06-08.
Is Beckendorff Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beckendorff Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Beckendorff Junior High School have?
Beckendorff Junior High School employs 96 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beckendorff Junior High School?
At Beckendorff Junior High School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 38% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Beckendorff Junior High School in?
Beckendorff Junior High School is part of KATY ISD.
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