Katy ISD School District

Katy ISD is one of Texas's largest public school systems, enrolling 94,785 students across 78 schools in the greater Houston area. That scale matters: the district sustains enough resources to support a wide range of academic programs while still producing strong results at the campus level.

Of the district's 78 schools, 71 carry a ranked score, averaging 7.7 out of 10 across those campuses. That average sits well above what parents typically see in districts of comparable size, where larger enrollment often pulls scores toward the middle. Katy ISD holds the average up. The strongest performers cluster at the elementary level, where five campuses score 8.8 or higher. Nottingham Country Elementary leads the district with a 9.1, the highest score in Katy ISD. Griffin Elementary follows at 8.9, and Bonnie Holland, Ray and Jamie Wolman, and Jenks elementaries each score 8.8.

That concentration of high-performing elementary schools gives families in Katy ISD a meaningful head start. Early academic foundations tend to compound, and parents searching for a strong K–5 environment will find multiple options here rather than a single standout campus. The 0.3-point spread among the top five elementary schools also signals consistency — this isn't a district where one flagship school carries the numbers while others lag.

For parents comparing Katy ISD against neighboring Texas districts, the 7.7 systemwide average across 71 ranked schools is the number to anchor on. It reflects performance across a genuinely large, diverse student population, not a small district where a handful of campuses can skew the average upward. Families relocating to the area and prioritizing school quality will find Katy ISD a reliable option at both the elementary level and across the broader district — with Nottingham Country Elementary, Griffin Elementary, and their peers representing the highest achievers in a system that consistently performs above the norm for its size.