Zelma Hutsell Elementary School

Size

Zelma Hutsell Elementary School is the 33rd largest of Katy ISD's 46 elementary schools; its 804 students are 0.8% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.8 miles away and have a median of 1,031 students, so Zelma Hutsell Elementary School is smaller than most of them.

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 4 with 138 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 103, against an average of 115 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 111 in kindergarten and 113 in grade 5. It also enrolls 103 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 70% of enrollment, a higher share than across Katy ISD (36.4%). White students are next, at 19.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

67.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 42.7% across Katy ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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

Zelma Hutsell Elementary School has 67.37 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 804 students would have about 54.3 teachers, so Zelma Hutsell Elementary School has 13.1 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is Aristoi Classical Academy, 0.6 miles away in Aristoi Classical Academy. There are 22 elementary schools within 5 miles and 80 within 10 miles.

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