MCROBERTS EL

MCROBERTS EL is a sizable elementary school in KATY, Texas, run under KATY ISD. The school works with 864 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 66% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; MCROBERTS EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MCROBERTS EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Black, 8% White, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, MCROBERTS EL records 71 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. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCROBERTS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.7%; this one delivers 50.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MCROBERTS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: JACK & SHARON RHOADS EL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCROBERTS EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 20%: 719 students in 2018 compared to 864 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 14% to 8% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.