Katy Elementary School

5726 George Bush Drive

School District

Katy Independent
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on July 31, 2024

I would not recommend this school if you are looking for a warm and caring environment. Administration focuses on all the wrong things and is not helpful to students or parents. There is a lot of favoritism for the students of families that have lived in the area a long time. Lots of staff members are related to each other creating an environment that is not fair to other staff members or students. Even though it is a small school the teacher turnover is high each year. Some teachers are amazing and do so much for their students but they are few and far between. My children have not been happy at this school with their teachers the past few years. The test scores of this school compared to others in the district leave a lot to be desired.
Submitted by parent on August 25, 2021

My daughters kindergarten teacher has been amazing. Her teacher frequently communicates with us and responds quickly. The music teacher is also excellent. My anxious daughter now loves going to school and has adjusted so well. The campus is small and well kept. The school is organized. Drop off and pick up runs smoothly.
Submitted by parent on December 08, 2015

We moved to Katy Elementary with my youngest child after attending two other KISD schools with my older two children as well as the youngest. We had read great things about Katy Elementary and was very excited that our child was going to be in one of the best, if not the best, elementary school in Katy. Boy, were we disappointed. This has by far been the worst experience of any school we have attended in Katy. From the very first day it has been one problem after the other and Oh, it's all the parent's or student's fault because the teachers take no responsibility for their actions. If there is an event that your child needs special clothing or material for then you should know because they may have sent a note home with your elementary aged child several weeks ago and "its not their fault that your child can't get it to you". They say they "didn't get my email" asking questions but somehow or another they're able to send an email to me saying my child can't participate in an event that I didn't know anything about, because they don't have the proper clothing that I didn't know about because I NEVER GOT THE NOTE!....but that's by 9 year old child's fault not theirs... "they're very busy" they can't be expected to let the parents know everything. Every single teacher we have dealt with there seems to have this "better than you" attitude. If you have the opportunity to take your child to a different elementary school, take it! Unfortunately, we're stuck with these...lovely ladies for another 1 1/2 years.
Submitted by parent on July 07, 2015

The teachers are very effective in teaching the kids. Everyone seems to be polite and caring.
Submitted by parent on June 15, 2015

My children have attended different KISD schools and KE is by far the smallest and most logistically relaxing. Families and most staff are friendly; parents are very involved, as we're accustomed to. A fine environment, but academically I haven't been impressed. Technology seems minimal. Expectations and definitely the amount of homework went down, but somehow so did my kids' grades. Few seemed to ever be recorded, and we couldn't get a satisfying answer as to why this was, or why they only seemed to be the lower ones. District Level Assessments (DLA's) are recorded at face value as test grades, which I don't believe should be happening. Some of my children's standardized test scores remained well above average, but at the end of the year they received no academic recognition for the first time ever.
Submitted by parent on May 27, 2009

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