URSULA STEPHENS EL

URSULA STEPHENS EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community in KATY, Texas, operated by KATY ISD. The school works with 578 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, URSULA STEPHENS EL records that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 14% Black, 8% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at URSULA STEPHENS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, URSULA STEPHENS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. URSULA STEPHENS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is SUNDOWN EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around URSULA STEPHENS EL. On composite proficiency, URSULA STEPHENS EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 692 students in 2018 compared to 578 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 13% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.