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Which teacher or staff member at MEMORIAL PARKWAY EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517002811
Memorial Parkway Elementary School
21603 PARK TREE LN, KATY, TX 77450 · (281) 237-5856 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
550 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 | 69 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
41%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
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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 52.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Memorial Parkway Elementary School
Memorial Parkway Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Parkway Elementary School this school | 714 | 77.0% | 40.5% |
| Bonham Elementary School MIDLAND | 697 | 74.9% | 34.3% |
| Henderson Elementary School MIDLAND | 633 | 79.3% | 31.6% |
| Cedar Brook Elementary School HOUSTON | 654 | 76.9% | 50.1% |
| Oak Crest Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 687 | 75.1% | 41.5% |
| Howsman Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 729 | 77.5% | 30.2% |
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 Memorial Parkway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,528 of 4,401 | #334 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,417 of 4,466 ▼ 66 | #343 of 625 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,771 of 4,466 ▼ 300 | #380 of 625 ▼ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,345 of 3,998 | #367 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #831 of 4,938 | #217 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #28 of 4,622 | #2 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #2,999 of 4,628 | #419 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #2,143 of 4,789 | #434 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #1,759 of 2,838 | #301 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
714
-106 (-13%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 932
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 714 | 71.3 | 10.0:1 | 77% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 940 | 76.7 | 12.3:1 | 80% (751) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 76 | 12.0:1 | 81% (742) |
| 2020-21 | 820 | 73 | 11.2:1 | 63% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 67.4 | 12.2:1 | 52% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 66 | 11.8:1 | 51% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 42% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 8% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 932 | 46 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Parkway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (823 to 714); teachers up 6% (67.4 to 71.3).
About Memorial Parkway Elementary School
Memorial Parkway Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in KATY, Texas, administered by KATY ISD. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 714 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Memorial Parkway Elementary School falls under KATY ISD, which has 78 schools enrolling 96,111 students.
A majority of students at Memorial Parkway Elementary School, 75%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 12% White, 6% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Memorial Parkway Elementary School comes in at 41%.
The school has about 10.0 students per teacher and 71.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 77%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.8%.
Harris County census figures show that median household income is about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Memorial Parkway Elementary School is among the 1,205 public schools in Harris County.
Memorial Parkway Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 60.5% on proficiency, and Memorial Parkway Elementary School is below that at 40.5%.
The NCES locale for Memorial Parkway Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 820 to 714 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 11.2 to 10.0 over 4 years.
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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 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
- Memorial Parkway Junior High School0.7 mi · 766
- Jeanette Hayes Elementary School0.9 mi · 515
- Taylor High School1.2 mi · 3,384
- West Memorial Junior High School1.3 mi · 897
- West Memorial Elementary School1.4 mi · 970
- Nottingham Country Elementary School1.4 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Parkway Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Parkway Elementary School?
Memorial Parkway Elementary School enrolls approximately 714 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Memorial Parkway Elementary School serve?
Memorial Parkway Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Memorial Parkway Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Memorial Parkway Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Parkway Elementary School?
At Memorial Parkway Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 75% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Memorial Parkway Elementary School?
Memorial Parkway Elementary School is overseen by KATY ISD in Harris County.
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