DURYEA EL

Set in KATY, Texas, DURYEA EL is a heavily attended elementary campus, run under CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. It works with 1,089 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 110% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 92 schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD (117,927 students total), DURYEA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DURYEA EL reports that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 33% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DURYEA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 32.9%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), DURYEA EL is one campus in the mix.

WALKER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DURYEA EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 15%: 950 students in 2018 compared to 1,089 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 25% to 33% over that span.

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