Katy ISD Considering Attendance Zone Changes with New Schools

KATY, TX -- The Katy Independent School District is considering boundary changes as the district prepares to open three new campuses in the 2017-2018 school year.

Katy ISD is quickly closing in on 75,000 students and one of the largest and fastest growing school districts in Greater Houston.

As a result of the rapid growth, and in preparation of the opening of the new campuses, the board of trustees and district administrators are reviewing the attendance boundaries for Morton Ranch and Katy high schools, Katy and McDonald junior high schools, and Katy and Wolman elementary schools.

The district said in a statement that it considers those schools to be overcrowded and that the addition of the two elementary schools and the new high school next school year will help balance those enrollment numbers.

Katy Elementary, which has an enrollment capacity of 643 students, will have 804 students enrolled in 2017, which is projected to increase to 891 in 2018 and 956 by 2019.

Wolman Elementary has a capacity of 1,030 students , and is projected to have 1,4851 in 2017, and more than 1,700 by 2019.

Katy High School, one of the oldest in Katy ISD is in more dire straits with a capacity of 3,000 and a projected 2017 enrollment of more than 3,700 and 4,376 by 2019.

The plan is for the new Bryant Elementary to serve students in southwest Katy; and the new Stockdick Junior High and Paetow High to serve northwest Katy.

Parents will have the opportunity to respond to the plan through an online survey on the Katy ISD website until Nov. 30.

The survey can be found by clicking here.

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