LEONARD EL

LEONARD EL is an elementary-level community of heavily attended scale in KATY, Texas, run under KATY ISD, caters to 1,051 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so LEONARD EL sits 103% bigger than that benchmark.

Within KATY ISD, which oversees 78 schools and 96,111 students, LEONARD EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, LEONARD EL records that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LEONARD EL has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LEONARD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LEONARD EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

ROBERT KING EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEONARD EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEONARD EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

On allk12, members of the LEONARD EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.