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Enrollment
804
Elementary
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517002814
Zelma Hutsell Elementary School
5360 FRANZ RD, KATY, TX 77493 · (281) 237-6500 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
541 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 103 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from KATY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Zelma Hutsell Elementary School
Zelma Hutsell Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zelma Hutsell Elementary School this school | 804 | 67.3% | 35.0% |
| Barbara Jordan Elementary School ODESSA | 807 | 66.7% | 31.4% |
| Stephen F Austin Elementary School BAYTOWN | 792 | 64.9% | 42.9% |
| Eduardo Mata Montessori School DALLAS | 720 | 66.7% | 41.4% |
| Lee Buice Elementary School ODESSA | 844 | 64.1% | 30.3% |
| Double Creek Elementary School JARRELL | 787 | 69.1% | 27.2% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Zelma Hutsell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,155 of 4,401 | #446 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,879 of 4,466 ▲ 594 | #416 of 625 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,396 of 4,466 ▲ 533 | #321 of 625 ▲ 80 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,283 of 3,998 | #355 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #433 of 4,938 | #128 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #326 of 4,622 | #54 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #2,680 of 4,628 | #368 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #2,709 of 4,789 | #495 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #969 of 1,307 | #99 of 148 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
804
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 804 | 67.4 | 11.9:1 | 67% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 800 | 66.4 | 12.0:1 | 71% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 855 | 69.4 | 12.3:1 | 71% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 66 | 12.2:1 | 68% (542) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 59.4 | 12.8:1 | 64% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 62 | 12.7:1 | 67% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 785 | 52 | 15.1:1 | 70% (549) |
| 2000-01 | 1,107 | 75 | 14.8:1 | 36% (398) |
| 1990-91 | 728 | 41 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zelma Hutsell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (763 to 804); teachers up 13% (59.4 to 67.4).
About Zelma Hutsell Elementary School
A large elementary school in KATY, Texas, Zelma Hutsell Elementary School is part of KATY ISD. In all, 804 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 55% above the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Zelma Hutsell Elementary School is part of KATY ISD, where 78 schools serve 96,111 students.
About 70% of the student body at Zelma Hutsell Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 20% White, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
The school has 67.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 67% of the student body.
Zelma Hutsell Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Zelma Hutsell Elementary School's results are 9.9 points below predicted: 35.0% against 45.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Harris County, 1,205 public schools serve about 886,911 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Zelma Hutsell Elementary School from the closest public school, Katy Junior High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Zelma Hutsell Elementary School's average proficiency of 35.0% compares with 52.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (802) to 2024-25 (804).
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KATY ISD
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Other schools in KATY
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Nearby schools
- Katy Junior High School0.3 mi · 1,155
- Opport Awareness Center0.5 mi · 170
- Harris Co School for Accelerated Lrn0.5 mi · 1
- Aristoi Classical Academy0.6 mi · 431
- Katy Elementary School0.9 mi · 699
- Aristoi Classical Upper School1.1 mi · 664
Frequently asked questions
About Zelma Hutsell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Zelma Hutsell Elementary School?
Zelma Hutsell Elementary School enrolls approximately 804 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Zelma Hutsell Elementary School serve?
Zelma Hutsell Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Zelma Hutsell Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Zelma Hutsell Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Zelma Hutsell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Zelma Hutsell Elementary School are roughly 20% White, 70% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Zelma Hutsell Elementary School?
Zelma Hutsell Elementary School is overseen by KATY ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.