FRANZ EL

Set in KATY, Texas, FRANZ EL is a high-enrollment elementary-level community, part of KATY ISD. It teaches 1,115 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 115% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

FRANZ EL is one of 78 schools operated by KATY ISD, a district that hosts 96,111 students overall.

On demographics, FRANZ EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Black, 7% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRANZ EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which FRANZ EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MORTON RANCH J H, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANZ EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANZ EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. FRANZ EL's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,036 (now 1,115). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 16% to 7%.

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