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JEANETTE HAYES EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JEANETTE HAYES EL
As a reasonably sized primary school in KATY, Texas, JEANETTE HAYES EL instructs 515 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by KATY ISD.
KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; JEANETTE HAYES EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, JEANETTE HAYES EL reports that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JEANETTE HAYES EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.7%.
In the area at large, census data for Harris County shows 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. JEANETTE HAYES EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
MEMORIAL PARKWAY J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JEANETTE HAYES EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.7%.
JEANETTE HAYES EL operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. JEANETTE HAYES EL's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 682 (now 515). Asian enrollment moved from 23% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.
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