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What's one thing LORAINE T GOLBOW EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517006725
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School
3535 LAKES OF BRIDGEWATER DR, KATY, TX 77449 · (281) 237-5350 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
442 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 79 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School→T H McDonald Junior High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from KATY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Loraine T Golbow Elementary School
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loraine T Golbow Elementary School this school | 640 | 69.1% | 48.0% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Cypress CYPRESS | 656 | 67.4% | 49.6% |
| Bluebonnet Trail Elementary School AUSTIN | 556 | 72.3% | 29.2% |
| Bell Manor Elementary School BEDFORD | 610 | 70.3% | 44.8% |
| Benfer Elementary School KLEIN | 683 | 66.6% | 52.2% |
| Yeager Elementary School HOUSTON | 708 | 71.3% | 40.0% |
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 Loraine T Golbow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,625 of 4,401 | #199 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,307 of 4,466 ▼ 683 | #324 of 625 ▼ 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,540 of 4,466 ▼ 339 | #193 of 625 ▼ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,323 of 3,998 | #204 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #1,324 of 4,938 | #302 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #351 of 4,622 | #57 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #354 of 4,628 | #45 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #2,620 of 4,789 | #484 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #1,312 of 2,838 | #240 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
640
-213 (-25%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 640 | 53.3 | 12.0:1 | 69% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 59.8 | 11.6:1 | 69% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 959 | 71.1 | 13.5:1 | 73% (698) |
| 2020-21 | 853 | 65 | 13.1:1 | 64% (549) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 53.1 | 14.8:1 | 51% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 799 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 57% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 46% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 22% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 36 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loraine T Golbow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (783 to 640); teachers unchanged (53.1 to 53.3).
About Loraine T Golbow Elementary School
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in KATY, Texas, administered by KATY ISD. In all, 640 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 23% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Besides Loraine T Golbow Elementary School, KATY ISD runs 77 other schools. The district enrolls 96,111 students.
Hispanic students account for 41% of enrollment at Loraine T Golbow Elementary School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 29% Black, 15% White, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic, a similar share. The diversity index for Loraine T Golbow Elementary School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Harris County is close, at 70%.
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Texas public elementary schools.
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School is 3.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.0% versus 44.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the 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 roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Loraine T Golbow Elementary School from the closest public school, T H McDonald Junior High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Loraine T Golbow Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 213 students, from 853 to 640. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.1:1 to 12.0:1.
This page is set up for the Loraine T Golbow Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 KATY ISD
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Other schools in KATY
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Nearby schools
- T H McDonald Junior High School0.2 mi · 966
- Calvin Nelms High School0.8 mi · 183
- Calvin Nelms Middle School0.8 mi · 160
- Morton Ranch Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,205
- Morton Ranch Elementary School1.0 mi · 969
- Franz Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,115
Frequently asked questions
About Loraine T Golbow Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Loraine T Golbow Elementary School?
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Loraine T Golbow Elementary School serve?
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Loraine T Golbow Elementary School have?
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loraine T Golbow Elementary School?
At Loraine T Golbow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 41% Hispanic, 29% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Loraine T Golbow Elementary School public or private?
Loraine T Golbow Elementary School 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.