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Enrollment
868
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517010765
JOELLA EXLEY EL
21800 WESTHEIMER PKWY, KATY, TX 77494 · (281) 237-8400 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL868 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
329 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from KATY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
868
-114 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.2:1
% White
34%
was 38%
% Hispanic
25%
was 25%
% Black
8%
was 7%
% Asian
30%
was 25%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JOELLA EXLEY EL
JOELLA EXLEY EL is a roomy primary school in KATY, Texas, overseen by KATY ISD. The school instructs 868 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% larger than the state mean of about 519.
KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; JOELLA EXLEY EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, JOELLA EXLEY EL reports that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 30% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fort Bend County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, JOELLA EXLEY EL has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, JOELLA EXLEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 62.7%, a residual of +5.4 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put 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%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), JOELLA EXLEY EL is one campus in the mix.
GARLAND MCMEANS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOELLA EXLEY EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOELLA EXLEY EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 982 students in 2018 compared to 868 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 25% to 30%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the JOELLA EXLEY EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KATY ISD
- SEVEN LAKES H SHigh · 3,773 students
- CINCO RANCH H SHigh · 3,740 students
- KATY H SHigh · 3,543 students
- PAETOW H SHigh · 3,447 students
- TAYLOR H SHigh · 3,384 students
- JORDAN H SHigh · 3,330 students
Other schools in KATY
- SEVEN LAKES H SHigh · 3,773 students
- CINCO RANCH H SHigh · 3,740 students
- KATY H SHigh · 3,543 students
- PAETOW H SHigh · 3,447 students
- TAYLOR H SHigh · 3,384 students
- JORDAN H SHigh · 3,330 students
Nearby schools
- GARLAND MCMEANS J H0.7 mi · 1,133
- JAMES E WILLIAMS EL1.0 mi · 868
- RODGER & ELLEN BECK J H1.1 mi · 1,239
- SUE CREECH EL1.3 mi · 804
- JEANETTE HAYES EL1.6 mi · 515
- EDNA MAE FIELDER EL1.7 mi · 945
Frequently asked questions
About JOELLA EXLEY ELWhat is the total enrollment at JOELLA EXLEY EL?
JOELLA EXLEY EL enrolls approximately 868 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JOELLA EXLEY EL serve?
JOELLA EXLEY EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at JOELLA EXLEY EL?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at JOELLA EXLEY EL.
How diverse is JOELLA EXLEY EL?
JOELLA EXLEY EL reports a student body of 34% White, 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 30% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is JOELLA EXLEY EL public or private?
JOELLA EXLEY EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by KATY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.