JENKS EL

Set in KATY, Texas, JENKS EL is a high-enrollment elementary school, one of the schools within KATY ISD. It caters to 1,356 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 161% above typical.

KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; JENKS EL is among them.

On demographics, JENKS EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 30% Asian, 16% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JENKS EL has 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JENKS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JENKS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Fort Bend County reports that median household income runs about $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. JENKS EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

Nearest neighbor: RAY AND JAMIE WOLMAN EL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JENKS EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JENKS EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 76.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 1,542 students in 2018 compared to 1,356 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 23% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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