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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HEMMENWAY EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
947
Elementary
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611011956
Hemmenway Elementary School
20400 W LITTLE YORK, KATY, TX 77449 · (281) 856-9870 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL947 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
839 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 114 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Hemmenway Elementary School
Hemmenway Elementary School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemmenway Elementary School this school | 947 | 88.6% | 39.9% |
| Nci Charter School Without Walls HOUSTON | 891 | 85.1% | N/A |
| Lakeland Elementary School HUMBLE | 919 | 87.3% | 30.1% |
| McFee Elementary School KATY | 961 | 83.2% | 38.2% |
| Hempstead Elementary School HEMPSTEAD | 823 | 87.2% | 22.2% |
| Anne Frank Elementary School DALLAS | 1,119 | 89.9% | 47.2% |
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 Hemmenway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #2,606 of 4,401 | #347 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,435 of 4,466 ▼ 1,112 | #515 of 625 ▼ 191 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,488 of 4,466 ▼ 376 | #337 of 625 ▼ 61 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,266 of 3,998 | #350 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 947 | #136 of 4,938 | #53 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,560 of 4,622 | #343 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #1,741 of 4,628 | #226 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #1,220 of 4,789 | #296 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #1,962 of 2,838 | #334 of 441 |
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
947
-123 (-11%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 947 | 62.7 | 15.1:1 | 89% (839) |
| 2023-24 | 974 | 62.7 | 15.5:1 | 87% (850) |
| 2022-23 | 1,151 | 71.6 | 16.1:1 | 82% (943) |
| 2020-21 | 1,070 | 70 | 15.3:1 | 81% (864) |
| 2017-18 | 1,062 | 61.4 | 17.3:1 | 71% (758) |
| 2015-16 | 1,060 | 60 | 17.7:1 | 73% (773) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 53 | 15.9:1 | 75% (627) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hemmenway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,062 to 947); teachers up 2% (61.4 to 62.7).
About Hemmenway Elementary School
Hemmenway Elementary School is a public elementary school in KATY, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 947 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 82% bigger than average.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD has a total of 92 schools and 117,927 students, Hemmenway Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Hemmenway Elementary School, at 59%. Other students are 28% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 15.1 students per teacher and 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
A school with Hemmenway Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 35.9%. Hemmenway Elementary School scores 39.9%, 4.0 points above that line.
Among Harris County residents, the median household income is $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Hemmenway Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Hemmenway Elementary School is Walker Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Hemmenway Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 947 students in 2024-25, 123 fewer than the 1,070 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Hemmenway Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 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
- Walker Elementary School0.6 mi · 984
- Duryea Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,089
- Emery Elementary School1.3 mi · 974
- Thornton Middle School1.3 mi · 1,424
- McFee Elementary School1.5 mi · 961
- Sheridan Elementary School1.5 mi · 919
Frequently asked questions
About Hemmenway Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hemmenway Elementary School?
Hemmenway Elementary School enrolls approximately 947 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hemmenway Elementary School serve?
Hemmenway Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hemmenway Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hemmenway Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hemmenway Elementary School?
At Hemmenway Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 59% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hemmenway Elementary School public or private?
Hemmenway Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.