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Enrollment
784
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517011840
Bonnie Holland Elementary School
23720 SEVEN MEADOW PKWY, KATY, TX 77449 · (281) 234-0506 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
218 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 154 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (154).
Student demographics
73%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
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
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 64.0% | 19.0% | 10.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 50.0% | 26.0% | 15.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.0% | 76.0% |
| 2020-21 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Bonnie Holland Elementary School
Bonnie Holland Elementary School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Holland Elementary School this school | 784 | 27.8% | 75.0% |
| Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School KATY | 935 | 26.4% | 77.1% |
| Roosevelt Alexander Elementary School KATY | 968 | 25.3% | 78.3% |
| Settlers Way Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 698 | 35.1% | 61.9% |
| Viridian Elementary School ARLINGTON | 845 | 20.1% | 77.6% |
| Spears Elementary School FRISCO | 670 | 22.2% | 57.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Bonnie Holland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #191 of 4,401 | #19 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #239 of 4,466 ▼ 43 | #24 of 113 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #172 of 4,466 ▼ 6 | #19 of 113 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,284 of 3,998 | #48 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #509 of 4,938 | #48 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #642 of 4,622 | #16 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #245 of 4,628 | #34 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #4,276 of 4,789 | #87 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.5% | #582 of 2,838 | #14 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
784
-99 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 784 | 61.7 | 12.7:1 | 28% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 62.6 | 12.9:1 | 31% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 862 | 59.8 | 14.4:1 | 32% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 883 | 66 | 13.4:1 | 21% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 1,097 | 68.7 | 16.0:1 | 15% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 979 | 61 | 16.1:1 | 5% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 989 | 59 | 16.8:1 | 5% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bonnie Holland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,097 to 784); teachers down 10% (68.7 to 61.7).
About Bonnie Holland Elementary School
In KATY, Texas, Bonnie Holland Elementary School is a large elementary school. In all, 784 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 51% above the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
KATY ISD is made up of 78 schools with 96,111 students in all.
Asian students account for 39% of enrollment at Bonnie Holland Elementary School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 23% White, 23% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Fort Bend County, the Asian share is about 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bonnie Holland Elementary School scores 73%.
A staff of 61.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.7:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fort Bend County is 42%.
Bonnie Holland Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Texas public elementary schools.
Bonnie Holland Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.0% is 13.2 points above the 61.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Fort Bend County, where median household income comes to about $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fort Bend County counts 217 public schools with about 191,372 students.
Harmony Science Academy-Katy sits about 0.8 miles from Bonnie Holland Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Bonnie Holland Elementary School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Bonnie Holland Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bonnie Holland Elementary School had a net loss of 99 students, or 11%.
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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
- Harmony Science Academy-Katy0.8 mi · 1,347
- Beckendorff Junior High School0.9 mi · 1,674
- Griffin Elementary School1.0 mi · 782
- Seven Lakes Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,571
- Seven Lakes High School1.3 mi · 3,773
- Roosevelt Alexander Elementary School1.3 mi · 968
Frequently asked questions
About Bonnie Holland Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bonnie Holland Elementary School?
Bonnie Holland Elementary School enrolls approximately 784 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bonnie Holland Elementary School serve?
Bonnie Holland Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bonnie Holland Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Bonnie Holland Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Bonnie Holland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bonnie Holland Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 23% Hispanic, 9% Black, 39% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Bonnie Holland Elementary School in?
Bonnie Holland Elementary School is part of KATY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.