CINCO RANCH H S

CINCO RANCH H S is one of the well-populated high schools in KATY, Texas, part of KATY ISD, with 3,740 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so CINCO RANCH H S sits 370% larger than that benchmark.

KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; CINCO RANCH H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, CINCO RANCH H S logs that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 224 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CINCO RANCH H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 83.0%, a residual of +25.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household income runs about $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. CINCO RANCH H S is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

CINCO RANCH J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CINCO RANCH H S. On composite proficiency, CINCO RANCH H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.5%.

CINCO RANCH H S operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. CINCO RANCH H S's enrollment has climbed 19% since 2018, when it stood at 3,144 (now 3,740). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 25% to 34%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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