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Enrollment
1,034
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517010764
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School
24831 WESTHEIMER PKWY, KATY, TX 77494 · (281) 237-8300 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,034 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
453 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 | 74 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 169 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 182 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 186 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (186).
Student demographics
74%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 28.0% | 17.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 39.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School this school | 1,034 | 43.8% | 65.5% |
| Robison Elementary School CYPRESS | 1,135 | 38.4% | 63.0% |
| Woodard Elementary School CYPRESS | 990 | 50.7% | 64.8% |
| Iltexas Keller Elementary School FORT WORTH | 935 | 42.7% | 52.6% |
| Farney Elementary School HOUSTON | 911 | 47.2% | 63.4% |
| Edna Mae Fielder Elementary School KATY | 945 | 35.8% | 69.0% |
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 Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #494 of 4,401 | #44 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #468 of 4,466 ▲ 138 | #37 of 113 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #484 of 4,466 ▲ 153 | #44 of 113 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,629 of 3,998 | #62 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,034 | #83 of 4,938 | #18 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #641 of 4,622 | #15 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #164 of 4,628 | #22 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #3,812 of 4,789 | #63 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #2,204 of 2,838 | #48 of 61 |
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
1,034
+48 (+5%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 1,210
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,034 | 81.4 | 12.7:1 | 44% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 1,078 | 82.1 | 13.1:1 | 45% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 1,088 | 79.2 | 13.7:1 | 47% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 986 | 69 | 14.3:1 | 27% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 1,125 | 72.8 | 15.5:1 | 21% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 1,306 | 81 | 16.1:1 | 14% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 1,210 | 67 | 18.1:1 | 14% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,125 to 1,034); teachers up 12% (72.8 to 81.4).
About Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School
In KATY, Texas, Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 1,034 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School is in KATY ISD, a district with 96,111 students across 78 schools.
The most common group at Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 37%. After that, the student body is 26% White, 20% Asian, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Fort Bend County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 81.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.7:1. This ratio sits 2.4 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 44%. For comparison, public schools in Fort Bend County average 42%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School's results are 10.5 points above predicted: 65.5% against 55.0%.
Federal survey data for Fort Bend County show that the median household income is $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 217 public schools in Fort Bend County, enrolling about 191,372 students in all.
Cinco Ranch High School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 5% from its 2020-21 level of 986. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 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
- Cinco Ranch High School0.7 mi · 3,740
- Cinco Ranch Junior High School0.8 mi · 1,455
- Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary School1.3 mi · 968
- Edna Mae Fielder Elementary School1.4 mi · 945
- Tompkins High School1.5 mi · 3,155
- Beckendorff Junior High School1.5 mi · 1,674
Frequently asked questions
About Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School?
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,034 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School serve?
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School have?
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School employs 81 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School?
Student demographics at Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 20% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School in?
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School is part of KATY ISD.
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