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Enrollment
1,455
Middle
DISTRICT 1,173 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517008626
Cinco Ranch Junior High School
23420 CINCO RANCH BLVD, KATY, TX 77494 · (281) 237-7300 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
460 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 | 450 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 481 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 524 | 36% |
Student demographics
74%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
Cinco Ranch Junior High School→Cinco Ranch 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
85.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 64.0% | 21.0% | 10.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 54.0% | 27.0% | 12.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 85.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 74.0% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
75.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% 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 15 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 Cinco Ranch Junior High School
Cinco Ranch Junior High School's state test result (75.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinco Ranch Junior High School this school | 1,455 | 31.6% | 75.6% |
| Westbrook Intermediate School FRIENDSWOOD | 1,160 | 34.1% | 72.7% |
| Garland McMeans Junior High School KATY | 1,133 | 28.0% | 82.8% |
| Dr Al Draper Intermed WYLIE | 963 | 26.2% | 69.8% |
| Raymond B Cooper Junior High School WYLIE | 1,019 | 24.9% | 69.0% |
| Spillane Middle School CYPRESS | 1,436 | 30.9% | 72.3% |
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 Cinco Ranch Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #47 of 1,635 | #8 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #47 of 1,670 ▲ 6 | #6 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #63 of 1,670 ▲ 26 | #7 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,013 of 1,570 | #17 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,455 | #32 of 1,749 | #12 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #865 of 1,542 | #7 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #45 of 1,543 | #8 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #1,432 of 1,648 | #22 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.6% | #176 of 437 | #11 of 16 |
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
1,455
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 1,088
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 1,455 | 97.1 | 15.0:1 | 32% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 1,500 | 98.5 | 15.2:1 | 33% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 1,510 | 91.8 | 16.4:1 | 33% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 1,445 | 86 | 16.8:1 | 23% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 1,259 | 78.2 | 16.1:1 | 19% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 1,237 | 79 | 15.7:1 | 14% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 1,088 | 66 | 16.5:1 | 12% (130) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cinco Ranch Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,259 to 1,455); teachers up 24% (78.2 to 97.1).
About Cinco Ranch Junior High School
Cinco Ranch Junior High School sits in KATY, Texas, and is classified as a middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 1,455 students. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
The district, KATY ISD, operates 78 schools serving 96,111 students.
About 32% of students at Cinco Ranch Junior High School are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 28% White, 28% Asian, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
The school's 97.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 14.4:1. At Cinco Ranch Junior High School, 32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Fort Bend County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cinco Ranch Junior High School is in the top 10% of Texas schools: 75.6% actual against 60.2% predicted.
The county, Fort Bend County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $114,041 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Cinco Ranch Junior High School, Fort Bend County has 217 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cinco Ranch High School, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Cinco Ranch Junior High School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,445 to 1,455, a small change. By 2024-25, the school had 15.0 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
Cinco Ranch Junior High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Cinco Ranch High School0.2 mi · 3,740
- Edna Mae Fielder Elementary School0.7 mi · 945
- Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,034
- James E Williams Elementary School1.1 mi · 868
- Griffin Elementary School1.6 mi · 782
- Cimarron Elementary School1.6 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Cinco Ranch Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Cinco Ranch Junior High School?
Cinco Ranch Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,455 students in grades 06-08.
Is Cinco Ranch Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cinco Ranch Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cinco Ranch Junior High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Cinco Ranch Junior High School.
What is the student diversity at Cinco Ranch Junior High School?
Student demographics at Cinco Ranch Junior High School are roughly 28% White, 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 28% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cinco Ranch Junior High School public or private?
Cinco Ranch Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KATY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.