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What's the biggest difference between KAY GRANGER EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ISD·NCES 483318011530
Kay Granger Elementary School
12771 SARATOGA SPRINGS CIR, KELLER, TX 76248 · (817) 698-1100 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
138 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Kay Granger Elementary School
Kay Granger Elementary School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Granger Elementary School this school | 637 | 21.7% | 64.2% |
| Arapaho Classical Magnet RICHARDSON | 615 | 18.7% | 74.9% |
| Deerwood Elementary School KINGWOOD | 641 | 23.7% | 51.5% |
| Hawk Elementary School CORINTH | 610 | 19.2% | 61.9% |
| I W and Eleanor Hyde Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 600 | 23.8% | 59.5% |
| Wylie West Elementary School ABILENE | 673 | 24.1% | N/A |
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 Kay Granger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #554 of 4,401 | #30 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,173 of 4,466 ▼ 396 | #68 of 339 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #972 of 4,466 ▼ 377 | #60 of 339 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #722 of 3,998 | #70 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #1,349 of 4,938 | #76 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,518 of 4,622 | #102 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #1,288 of 4,628 | #173 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #4,401 of 4,789 | #323 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #442 of 2,838 | #40 of 242 |
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
637
-112 (-15%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 637 | 45.6 | 14.0:1 | 22% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 717 | 48.1 | 14.9:1 | 24% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 47.3 | 16.0:1 | 18% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 51 | 14.7:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 56.1 | 16.5:1 | 10% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 912 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 8% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 13% (87) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kay Granger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (928 to 637); teachers down 19% (56.1 to 45.6).
About Kay Granger Elementary School
Kay Granger Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in KELLER, Texas. The school has 637 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
NORTHWEST ISD operates 37 schools. Combined enrollment is 32,098 students.
More than half of the students at Kay Granger Elementary School are White (57%). Next come 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 48% White among all Tarrant County residents. The diversity index for Kay Granger Elementary School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Kay Granger Elementary School reported 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.0:1. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 22% of students at Kay Granger Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
The model predicts 64.4% for a school in Texas with Kay Granger Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Kay Granger Elementary School posts 64.2%.
The school's county is Tarrant County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Kay Granger Elementary School shares Tarrant County with 638 other public schools.
Timber Creek High School is the nearest public school to Kay Granger Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 57.0%, lower than Kay Granger Elementary School's 64.2%.
In the federal locale system, Kay Granger Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 112 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTHWEST ISD
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Byron Nelson High SchoolHigh · 2,969 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 2,672 students
- Cw Worthington Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,201 students
- Gene Pike Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
- Medlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,109 students
Other schools in KELLER
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Trinity Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Bear Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Keller Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Timber Creek High School0.6 mi · 2,970
- Caprock Elementary School0.6 mi · 608
- Independence Elementary School1.2 mi · 447
- Trinity Meadows Intermediate School1.4 mi · 813
- Trinity Springs Middle School1.4 mi · 931
- J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School1.7 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About Kay Granger Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kay Granger Elementary School?
Kay Granger Elementary School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kay Granger Elementary School serve?
Kay Granger Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Kay Granger Elementary School have?
Kay Granger Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kay Granger Elementary School?
At Kay Granger Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Kay Granger Elementary School public or private?
Kay Granger Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTHWEST ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.