JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in KATY, Texas, JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL works with 703 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under KATY ISD. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL is among them.

Demographically, JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 21% Black, 11% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.7%.

Around the school, 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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CARDIFF J H, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 32%: 1,040 students in 2018 compared to 703 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 17% to 11% across the same window.

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