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ODESSA KILPATRICK EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ODESSA KILPATRICK EL
ODESSA KILPATRICK EL, a well-populated elementary school in KATY, Texas, operated by KATY ISD, enrolls 968 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 87% above the state mean of about 519.
KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; ODESSA KILPATRICK EL is among them.
On demographics, ODESSA KILPATRICK EL lists that the largest single group is Asian at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, ODESSA KILPATRICK EL lists 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ODESSA KILPATRICK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.0%; this one delivers 79.4%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fort Bend County indicate median household income runs about $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which ODESSA KILPATRICK EL is one.
The closest other public school is TOMPKINS H S, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ODESSA KILPATRICK EL. On composite proficiency, ODESSA KILPATRICK EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 81.0%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. ODESSA KILPATRICK EL's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,194 (now 968). Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 33% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for ODESSA KILPATRICK EL typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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