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About Katy High School
A long and proud tradition of excellence characterizes Katy High School. Generations of Katy residents, including many current faculty members, have graduated from the district’s original high school, which celebrated its 100th birthday during the 1998-99 school year.
Katy High School's comprehensive curriculum provides outstanding opportunities for students regardless of interest or academic level: advanced placement and PAP classes, dual credit courses, fundamental courses, and a variety of career/technology preparation classes.
Part of KHS’s proud tradition is the sense of community created by a high level of student involvement in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities and organizations. Among them are competitions such as Academic Challenge, Academic Decathlon and Academic Octathlon; enrichment activities such as Close Up; clubs in special interest areas like computer science, geography, foreign languages, statistics; service groups like the Good Sportsmanship League, DARE Role Models, Best Buddies, Interact and Peer Mentors; academic-area groups including yearbook, newspaper, art history, photography, cooking, chess and creative writing; career-oriented groups for future farmers, teachers, business persons, health occupations; and National Honor Society.
Awards and Honors
- Named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1999
- Katy ISD District Secondary Teacher of the Year, 2008
- Best Buddies National Outstanding Chapter Award, 2006, 2006
- Student selected to Texas All-State musical organizations annually
- Tommy Tune Awards, 2003, 2007, 2008
- National Music and Arts Jazz Band competition, 2nd place, 2006
- 2006 GRAMMY Signature School
- Science Olympiad State winners, 2006
- Destination ImagiNation Global Champions, 2005
- Texas All-State Choir member, 2006
- Academic Octathlon gold medalist in science, 2006
- Two Texas Science Olympiad gold medalists, 2008
- UIL state wrestling champions, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006
- Writing Magazine's national fantasy writing competition runner-up, 2007
- Division I 5A state football championships, 1997; Division II 5A state football champions, 2000, 2003, 2007; runner-up, 1999
- UIL state wrestling championships, 2000, 2002, 2005,, 2006
- UIL 5A baseball state runner-up, 2006
- Regional Scholastic Writing and Art Competition winners
- Academic Decathlon state qualifiers, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2008
- Texas Dance and Drill Team Educator’s Association Director of the Year, 2000
School Report Card Data
2007-08 TAKS Scores
- Grade 9
- Reading: 91.7%
- Math: 73.5%
- Grade 10
- English Language Arts: 91.0%
- Math: 82.9%
- Social Studies: 95.7%
- Science: 84.5%
- Grade 11
- English Language Arts: 94.6%
- Math: 87.8%
- Social Studies: 97.2%
- Science: 88.0%
- 2008 Accountability rating: Acceptable
- Performance Acknowledgement:
- Commended: Social Studies
2006-07 College Entrance Exams
- SAT
- Critical Reading: 521
- Mathematics: 533
- Writing: 511
- Total: 1565
- ACT
2007 TEA Report Card data
- Attendance rate: 95.9%
- Avg. yrs. teacher experience: 13.3
- Avg. students per teacher: 15.1
- English/Language Arts: 21.5
- Foreign Languages: 21.8
- Mathematics: 23.5
- Science: 22.8
- Social Studies: 24.6
- Students:
- White: 68.4%
- Hispanic: 23.3%
- African American: 5.6%
- Asian: 2.4%
- Native American: 0.3%
- Low income: 20.4%
- Limited English: 4.4%
- Special program enrollment:
- Special education: 8.7%
- Career/Technology: 44.5%
- Bilingual/ESL: 3.9%
- Gifted/Talented: 5.0%
Facility Improvements
Previous bond packages authorized by voters in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002 funded these major projects at Katy High School:
- renovations and additions
- athletic field reconstruction and renovations
- chiller and cooling tower
- Performing Arts Center
- lighting retrofit
- track resurfacing
- intrusion alarm
- compressor replacement
- technology retrofits
- a new phone system including telephones for all teachers.
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