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What's one thing JEANETTE HAYES EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517007336
Jeanette Hayes Elementary School
21203 PARK TIMBERS, KATY, TX 77450 · (281) 237-3200 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
11.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
170 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 | 28 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 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 | 53.0% | 26.0% | 11.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 34.0% | 18.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Jeanette Hayes Elementary School
Jeanette Hayes Elementary School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanette Hayes Elementary School this school | 515 | 33.0% | 68.0% |
| Keller-Harvel Elementary School KELLER | 464 | 28.7% | 74.8% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School KELLER | 534 | 27.3% | 64.0% |
| Timber Creek Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 410 | 29.5% | 48.4% |
| Brushy Creek Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 463 | 29.8% | 63.4% |
| Falcon Pass Elementary School HOUSTON | 545 | 34.3% | 60.8% |
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 Jeanette Hayes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #374 of 4,401 | #45 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #501 of 4,466 ▼ 58 | #54 of 625 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #296 of 4,466 ▲ 123 | #36 of 625 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,476 of 3,998 | #235 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #2,377 of 4,938 | #453 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #181 of 4,622 | #30 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #485 of 4,628 | #64 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #4,145 of 4,789 | #617 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #817 of 2,838 | #160 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
515
-46 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 515 | 45.4 | 11.3:1 | 33% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 48.6 | 12.4:1 | 42% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 47.6 | 12.8:1 | 42% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 46 | 12.2:1 | 33% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 51.2 | 13.3:1 | 21% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 49 | 14.0:1 | 21% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 18% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 2% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeanette Hayes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (682 to 515); teachers down 11% (51.2 to 45.4).
About Jeanette Hayes Elementary School
This page covers Jeanette Hayes Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in KATY, Texas. It teaches 515 students in pre-K through 5.
KATY ISD runs Jeanette Hayes Elementary School along with 77 other schools, enrolling 96,111 students in total.
At Jeanette Hayes Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 45%. Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. County-wide, 34% of Harris County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
The school lists 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. A total of 170 students, or 33%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Jeanette Hayes Elementary School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jeanette Hayes Elementary School's results are 8.4 points above predicted: 68.0% against 59.6%.
In Harris County, home to about 4,838,303 people, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Memorial Parkway Junior High School is the nearest public school to Jeanette Hayes Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 68.0% is below the 69.3% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 8% across 4 years, from 561 in 2020-21 to 515 in 2024-25.
People who know Jeanette Hayes Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 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
- Memorial Parkway Junior High School0.3 mi · 766
- Memorial Parkway Elementary School0.9 mi · 714
- Garland McMeans Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,133
- Hazel S Pattison Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,265
- Taylor High School1.6 mi · 3,384
- Joella Exley Elementary School1.6 mi · 868
Frequently asked questions
About Jeanette Hayes Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jeanette Hayes Elementary School?
Jeanette Hayes Elementary School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jeanette Hayes Elementary School serve?
Jeanette Hayes Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jeanette Hayes Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jeanette Hayes Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jeanette Hayes Elementary School?
Jeanette Hayes Elementary School reports a student body of 45% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Jeanette Hayes Elementary School?
Jeanette Hayes Elementary School is overseen by KATY ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.