Morton Ranch High School

Size

Of the 11 high schools in Katy ISD, Morton Ranch High School is the 9th largest, with 3.1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 3,106; Morton Ranch High School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 9 with 818 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 618, against an average of 736 per grade. This year grade 12 has 24% fewer students than grade 9 (618 against 818). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 57.5% here and 36.4% across Katy ISD. Black students are next, at 22.5%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

69.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 42.7% across Katy ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 211.66 full-time-equivalent teachers for 2,944 students, Morton Ranch High School has 13.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,944 students would have about 210.3 teachers, so Morton Ranch High School has 1.4 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Morton Ranch High School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is Calvin Nelms High School, 1.9 miles away in Calvin Nelms Charter Schools. Within 10 miles there are 26 other high schools, 8 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.