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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517002806
MAURICE L WOLFE EL
502 ADDICKS-HOWELL RD, HOUSTON, TX 77079 · (281) 237-2250 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
260 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 KATY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
412
+64 (+18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.1:1
% White
22%
was 29%
% Hispanic
44%
was 45%
% Black
25%
was 18%
% Asian
5%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MAURICE L WOLFE EL
MAURICE L WOLFE EL, a compact elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, run under KATY ISD, caters to 412 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
Across the 78 schools in KATY ISD (96,111 students total), MAURICE L WOLFE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, MAURICE L WOLFE EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 22% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.
On the resource side, MAURICE L WOLFE EL shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at MAURICE L WOLFE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAURICE L WOLFE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.3%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of +2.2 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. MAURICE L WOLFE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: WEST BRIAR MIDDLE, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MAURICE L WOLFE EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 18%: 348 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 18% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.
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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 KATY ISD
- SEVEN LAKES H SHigh · 3,773 students
- CINCO RANCH H SHigh · 3,740 students
- KATY H SHigh · 3,543 students
- PAETOW H SHigh · 3,447 students
- TAYLOR H SHigh · 3,384 students
- JORDAN H SHigh · 3,330 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- WEST BRIAR MIDDLE1.6 mi · 994
- BUSH EL1.6 mi · 703
- WESTSIDE H S1.8 mi · 2,729
- NOTTINGHAM EL2.1 mi · 746
- STRATFORD H S2.4 mi · 2,394
- RAY DAILY EL2.5 mi · 853
Frequently asked questions
About MAURICE L WOLFE ELWhat is the total enrollment at MAURICE L WOLFE EL?
MAURICE L WOLFE EL enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
Is MAURICE L WOLFE EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MAURICE L WOLFE EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MAURICE L WOLFE EL have?
MAURICE L WOLFE EL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at MAURICE L WOLFE EL?
Student demographics at MAURICE L WOLFE EL are roughly 22% White, 44% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is MAURICE L WOLFE EL public or private?
MAURICE L WOLFE EL 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.