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Enrollment
766
Middle
DISTRICT 1,173 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517005750
Memorial Parkway Junior High School
21203 HIGHLAND KNOLLS, KATY, TX 77450 · (281) 237-5800 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL766 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
324 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 233 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 271 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 262 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%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
Memorial Parkway Junior High School→Taylor High School
Feeds from
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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 52.0% | 24.0% | 13.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Junior High School
Memorial Parkway Junior High School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Parkway Junior High School this school | 766 | 42.3% | 66.4% |
| Chisholm Trail Middle School RHOME | 878 | 42.3% | 40.5% |
| Lake Dallas Middle School LAKE DALLAS | 843 | 41.4% | 44.6% |
| Leonard Evans Jr Middle School MCKINNEY | 798 | 39.6% | 57.6% |
| Trinity Meadows Intermediate School KELLER | 813 | 38.4% | 51.9% |
| Bedford Junior High School BEDFORD | 968 | 44.4% | 68.7% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #148 of 1,635 | #22 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #220 of 1,670 ▲ 14 | #31 of 219 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #176 of 1,670 ▼ 5 | #22 of 219 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #556 of 1,570 | #85 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 766 | #630 of 1,749 | #128 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #147 of 1,542 | #19 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #268 of 1,543 | #35 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #1,279 of 1,648 | #191 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #814 of 942 | #130 of 145 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
766
-60 (-7%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,265
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 766 | 64.6 | 11.9:1 | 42% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 63.8 | 12.1:1 | 46% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 60.4 | 13.0:1 | 45% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 64 | 12.9:1 | 36% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 53.9 | 14.8:1 | 36% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 855 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 30% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | 62 | 15.2:1 | 24% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 1,149 | 74 | 15.5:1 | 4% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 1,265 | 64 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Parkway Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (799 to 766); teachers up 20% (53.9 to 64.6).
About Memorial Parkway Junior High School
Memorial Parkway Junior High School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in KATY, Texas, administered by KATY ISD. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 766 students.
Federal data list 78 schools in KATY ISD, with 96,111 students enrolled.
White students make up 44% of enrollment at Memorial Parkway Junior High School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Harris County's population at about 34%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 64.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. Memorial Parkway Junior High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 42%. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
Memorial Parkway Junior High School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of Texas public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Memorial Parkway Junior High School is +10.7 points: 66.4% actual, 55.6% predicted.
In the wider Harris County area, median household income comes to about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harris County's 1,205 public schools enroll about 886,911 students and include Memorial Parkway Junior High School.
Jeanette Hayes Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Memorial Parkway Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Memorial Parkway Junior High School at 6th of 9.
Memorial Parkway Junior High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 826 students in 2020-21 to 766 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (12.9:1).
On allk12, people connected to Memorial Parkway Junior High School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
- Jeanette Hayes Elementary School0.3 mi · 515
- Memorial Parkway Elementary School0.7 mi · 714
- Hazel S Pattison Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,265
- Garland McMeans Junior High School1.3 mi · 1,133
- Taylor High School1.3 mi · 3,384
- Nottingham Country Elementary School1.4 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Parkway Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Memorial Parkway Junior High School?
Memorial Parkway Junior High School enrolls approximately 766 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Memorial Parkway Junior High School serve?
Memorial Parkway Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Memorial Parkway Junior High School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Memorial Parkway Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Parkway Junior High School?
At Memorial Parkway Junior High School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Memorial Parkway Junior High School public or private?
Memorial Parkway Junior High 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.