SUNDOWN EL

SUNDOWN EL is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in KATY, Texas, part of KATY ISD, teacheing 720 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within KATY ISD, which oversees 78 schools and 96,111 students, SUNDOWN EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SUNDOWN EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Black, 7% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at SUNDOWN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SUNDOWN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 31.4%.

Across the wider county, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. SUNDOWN EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is URSULA STEPHENS EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNDOWN EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUNDOWN EL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. SUNDOWN EL's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 822 (now 720). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 64% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.