📍 20100 Saums Rd, Katy, Harris County, 77449
Sundown el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Katy, Harris County. The school has 722 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kari Torres. It is part of the Katy Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sundown el enrolls 722 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 17% Black or African American and 8.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 507 | 70% |
| Black or African American | 123 | 17% |
| White | 62 | 8.6% |
| Asian | 17 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
622 of the school's 722 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 583 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sundown el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-80, state senate district 17, state house district 132.
Sundown el is one of 74 schools in KATY ISD, based in KATY, Texas. The district serves 96,111 students district-wide and employs 6,447 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 722 students, Sundown el is smaller than the district average of about 1,299 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large