ZELMA HUTSELL EL

ZELMA HUTSELL EL is a large primary school in KATY, Texas, operated by KATY ISD. The school works with 804 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 55% above typical.

KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; ZELMA HUTSELL EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, ZELMA HUTSELL EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ZELMA HUTSELL EL has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ZELMA HUTSELL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ZELMA HUTSELL EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: KATY J H, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ZELMA HUTSELL EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. ZELMA HUTSELL EL's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 763 (now 804). White enrollment moved from 25% to 20% across the same window.

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