JOWELL EL

JOWELL EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in KATY, Texas, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. The school educates 574 students in grades 3 through 5.

Within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, which oversees 92 schools and 117,927 students, JOWELL EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JOWELL EL logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 26% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JOWELL EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOWELL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which JOWELL EL is one.

HOOVER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOWELL EL. On composite proficiency, JOWELL EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOWELL EL has decreased 27%, going from 786 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025.

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