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ROBERTSON EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
About ROBERTSON EL
ROBERTSON EL, a well-populated elementary-level community in KATY, Texas, part of KATY ISD, instructs 1,508 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 191% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
Within KATY ISD, which oversees 78 schools and 96,111 students, ROBERTSON EL is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, ROBERTSON EL lists that the largest single group is Black at 29%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 24% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 8% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ROBERTSON EL has 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Waller County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, ROBERTSON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 59.6%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Waller County indicate median household income runs about $80,397, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROBERTSON EL is one of 19 public schools in Waller County (combined enrollment of about 10,294 students).
Nearest neighbor: KATY H S, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROBERTSON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROBERTSON EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 57.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
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Waller County at a glance
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