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What advice would you give to incoming students at FRED AND PATTI SHAFER EL?
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Enrollment
935
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517012499
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School
5150 RANCH POINT DR, KATY, TX 77494 · (281) 234-1906 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL935 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
247 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 | 41 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 170 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 174 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 191 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (191).
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
80.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 25.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 53.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 80.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 79.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School this school | 935 | 26.4% | 77.1% |
| Roosevelt Alexander Elementary School KATY | 968 | 25.3% | 78.3% |
| Bonnie Holland Elementary School KATY | 784 | 27.8% | 75.0% |
| Viridian Elementary School ARLINGTON | 845 | 20.1% | 77.6% |
| Tom Wilson Elementary School KATY | 1,058 | 22.3% | 79.0% |
| Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary School KATY | 968 | 18.1% | 81.2% |
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 Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #147 of 4,401 | #15 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #155 of 4,466 ▲ 64 | #16 of 113 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #263 of 4,466 ▼ 30 | #26 of 113 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,285 of 3,998 | #49 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 935 | #158 of 4,938 | #25 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #638 of 4,622 | #14 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #232 of 4,628 | #31 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #4,300 of 4,789 | #89 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #1,037 of 2,838 | #23 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
935
-191 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 935 | 73.6 | 12.7:1 | 26% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 1,044 | 75.8 | 13.8:1 | 26% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 1,091 | 77.6 | 14.1:1 | 26% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 1,126 | 79 | 14.3:1 | 17% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 1,196 | 78.4 | 15.3:1 | 6% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 1,140 | 78 | 14.6:1 | 5% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,196 to 935); teachers down 6% (78.4 to 73.6).
About Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is an elementary school in KATY, Texas, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 935 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
The 78 schools in KATY ISD enroll 96,111 students altogether, Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School among them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is Asian, with 39% of students. The remaining shares are 27% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Fort Bend County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is 12.7:1, based on 73.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School counts 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County, the school's rate is lower.
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Texas public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.1% is 14.7 points above the 62.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Fort Bend County, 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.
Of the public schools around it, Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is closest to James E Randolph Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 935 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,126. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.3:1 to 12.7:1.
This community page is for conversations about open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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
- James E Randolph Elementary School0.5 mi · 995
- Jordan High School0.7 mi · 3,330
- Adams Junior High School0.8 mi · 1,963
- Keiko Davidson Elementary School0.8 mi · 922
- Stanley C Stanley Elementary School0.9 mi · 835
- Tom Wilson Elementary School1.3 mi · 1,058
Frequently asked questions
About Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School?
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School enrolls approximately 935 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 39% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School public or private?
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary 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.