EMERY EL

EMERY EL is a well-populated K-5 school in KATY, Texas, part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. The school educates 974 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 88% larger than the state mean of about 519.

CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD runs 92 schools in total, collectively educating 117,927 students. EMERY EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, EMERY EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 35% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EMERY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 27.7%, a residual of -9.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. EMERY EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is MCFEE EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EMERY EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. EMERY EL's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,060 (now 974). White enrollment moved from 11% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.