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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364009279
Ketelsen Elementary School
600 QUITMAN, HOUSTON, TX 77009 · (713) 220-5050 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
369 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 42 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +44.0pp 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 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 36.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Ketelsen Elementary School
Ketelsen Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketelsen Elementary School this school | 382 | 96.6% | 43.4% |
| Martinez R Elementary School HOUSTON | 380 | 96.8% | 40.4% |
| Cooley Elementary School EL PASO | 393 | 96.7% | 28.1% |
| John Q Adams Elementary School DALLAS | 399 | 98.0% | 24.4% |
| Rodriguez Elementary School AUSTIN | 372 | 96.0% | 31.6% |
| Langford Elementary School AUSTIN | 391 | 94.9% | 15.7% |
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 Ketelsen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #2,170 of 4,401 | #286 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,147 of 4,466 ▲ 782 | #140 of 625 ▲ 128 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #946 of 4,466 ▲ 320 | #106 of 625 ▲ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.0pp | #448 of 3,998 | #54 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #3,633 of 4,938 | #559 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #486 of 4,622 | #78 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #3,997 of 4,628 | #593 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #319 of 4,789 | #98 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #245 of 2,838 | #71 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
382
-129 (-25%) vs 2020
-47% since 2010-11, when it was 718
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 382 | 30.9 | 12.4:1 | 97% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 97% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 28.6 | 15.5:1 | 96% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 95% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 91% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 34 | 18.5:1 | 91% (574) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 57% (410) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ketelsen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (608 to 382); teachers down 9% (34 to 30.9).
About Ketelsen Elementary School
Ketelsen Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in HOUSTON, Texas. It has an enrollment of 382 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
HOUSTON ISD has 176,727 students spread across 273 schools.
The share of students at Ketelsen Elementary School who are Hispanic is 93%. The remaining students are 4% Black. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 13, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 12.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Ketelsen Elementary School, which has 30.9. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Ketelsen Elementary School is about 97%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Ketelsen Elementary School is 10.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.4% actual, 32.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
For Harris County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Ketelsen Elementary School among them.
Northside High School is the nearest public school to Ketelsen Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Ketelsen Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Ketelsen Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Ketelsen Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 511 (2020-21) to 382 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.6:1 to 12.4:1.
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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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Northside High School0.3 mi · 1,058
- Marshall Middle School0.3 mi · 456
- Leonel Castillo Early Childhood STEM Academy0.3 mi · 69
- Sherman Elementary School0.6 mi · 453
- Martinez C Elementary School0.7 mi · 271
- Travis Elementary School0.9 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Ketelsen Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ketelsen Elementary School?
Ketelsen Elementary School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ketelsen Elementary School serve?
Ketelsen Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ketelsen Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ketelsen Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ketelsen Elementary School?
At Ketelsen Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ketelsen Elementary School public or private?
Ketelsen Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
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