TAYLOR H S

TAYLOR H S is a secondary school of high-enrollment scale in KATY, Texas, run under KATY ISD, educateing 3,384 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 325% bigger than typical.

Across the 78 schools in KATY ISD (96,111 students total), TAYLOR H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, TAYLOR H S logs that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Harris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 209 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TAYLOR H S higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TAYLOR H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.7%; TAYLOR H S posts 78.4%, +22.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), TAYLOR H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NOTTINGHAM COUNTRY EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TAYLOR H S at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. TAYLOR H S's enrollment has expanded 15% since 2018, when it stood at 2,940 (now 3,384). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 25% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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