Memorial Parkway J H

Summary:

Memorial Parkway J H is a public middle school in the Katy Independent School District in Katy, Texas, serving 787 students in grades 6-8 with a diverse student population.

Memorial Parkway J H consistently performs above state and district averages on STAAR tests, with 74.16% of 6th graders, 70.16% of 7th graders, and 74.7% of 8th graders proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to the district's 71.1%, 73.6%, and 71.9%, respectively, and the state's 54.45%, 52.08%, and 54.09%. The school has maintained a strong statewide ranking, placing in the top 15% of Texas middle schools in recent years and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Additionally, the school has exceptionally low dropout rates and higher-than-average spending per student, indicating a strong investment in student resources and support.

When compared to other middle schools in the Katy Independent School District, Memorial Parkway J H generally outperforms its peers on STAAR tests and maintains a higher statewide ranking. However, nearby schools such as Beckendorff J H and Garland McMeans J H also demonstrate exceptional academic performance and high statewide rankings. Despite having a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, Memorial Parkway J H has been able to maintain high academic achievement, indicating effective strategies to support students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 21203 Highland Knolls
       Katy, TX  77450-5399


(281) 237-5800

District: Katy Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
253rd of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,386 Help


Students who attend Memorial Parkway J H usually attend:

High:    Taylor High School

Feeder schools for Memorial Parkway J H:

Elementary:    Maurice L Wolfe Elementary
    Memorial Parkway Elementary
    Nottingham Country Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  771

Racial breakdown:

White:
42.2%
Hispanic:
34.5%
African American:
10.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  45.7% Help


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Compare Details Memorial Parkway J H ranks better than 89.3% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 9th among 17 ranked middle schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.2. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Memorial Parkway J H has the smallest middle school student body size in the Katy Independent School District (Isd). Racial makeup is: White (42.2%), Hispanic (34.5%), African American (10.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 45.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Memorial Parkway J H is 12, which is the 3rd best among 17 middle schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Memorial Parkway J H is $11,386, which is the 2nd highest among 17 middle schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Memorial Parkway J H:

SchoolDigger ranks Memorial Parkway J H 253rd of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Memorial Parkway J H in the ranking list.)

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Katy Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Katy Independent School District (Isd) 158th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Memorial Parkway J H

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Rank History for all students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 74.19 267th 1573 83.0%
2005 79.95 177th 1582 88.8%
2006 79.80 181st 1585 88.6%
2007 73.77 328th 1684 80.5%
2008 75.34 264th 1718 84.6%
2009 72.50 355th 1763 79.9%
2010 70.83 375th 1803 79.2%
2011 75.34 240th 1895 87.3%
2012 81.34 230th 1951 88.2%
2013 77.41 307th 1973 84.4%
2014 83.03 204th 1987 89.7%
2015 80.82 250th 2043 87.8%
2016 82.76 221st 1987 88.9%
2017 86.02 205th 2027 89.9%
2018 81.98 259th 2080 87.5%
2019 81.88 281st 2193 87.2%
2021 88.48 171st 2252 92.4%
2022 64.16 628th 2254 72.1%
2023 79.23 345th 2330 85.2%
2024 84.20 253rd 2361 89.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.08 377th 720 47.6%
2019 52.93 324th 753 57.0%
2021 66.81 176th 743 76.3%
2022 61.15 261st 813 67.9%
2023 63.98 229th 817 72.0%
2024 66.10 216th 812 73.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.72 85th 1376 93.8%
2019 69.30 251st 1445 82.6%
2021 54.46 504th 1592 68.3%
2022 20.90 1516th 1643 7.7%
2023 68.70 329th 1720 80.9%
2024 82.24 175th 1760 90.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.23 150th 1597 90.6%
2019 77.45 142nd 1626 91.3%
2021 88.82 55th 1712 96.8%
2022 80.48 116th 1757 93.4%
2023 78.55 167th 1815 90.8%
2024 80.19 143rd 1881 92.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.79 212th 2039 89.6%
2019 72.40 333rd 2073 83.9%
2021 86.70 104th 2172 95.2%
2022 43.41 1219th 2220 45.1%
2023 64.21 592nd 2251 73.7%
2024 76.40 271st 2224 87.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.01 259th 2008 87.1%
2019 79.99 284th 2047 86.1%
2021 86.52 182nd 2151 91.5%
2022 62.58 639th 2221 71.2%
2023 79.24 324th 2241 85.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.14 150th 1430 89.5%
2019 75.63 216th 1446 85.1%
2021 82.59 97th 1501 93.5%
2022 79.40 138th 1488 90.7%
2023 75.72 227th 1481 84.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.68 167th 2008 91.7%
2019 73.59 278th 2058 86.5%
2021 82.32 133rd 2118 93.7%
2022 36.22 1443rd 2182 33.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.52 253rd 2030 87.5%
2019 81.59 272nd 2069 86.9%
2021 88.73 155th 2168 92.9%
2022 64.93 604th 2228 72.9%
2023 77.87 355th 2245 84.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.54 184th 587 68.7%
2019 54.83 304th 594 48.8%
2021 60.53 218th 589 63.0%
2022 47.17 370th 606 38.9%
2023 67.57 188th 616 69.5%
2024 70.64 158th 612 74.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.33 313th 1167 73.2%
2019 53.23 439th 1193 63.2%
2021 89.12 61st 1213 95.0%
2022 57.96 380th 1251 69.6%
2023 45.56 624th 1273 51.0%
2024 57.30 426th 1271 66.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.37 347th 1895 81.7%
2019 76.28 297th 1935 84.7%
2021 82.73 176th 2043 91.4%
2022 41.42 1190th 2077 42.7%
2023 72.31 363rd 2116 82.8%
2024 78.79 242nd 2108 88.5%
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Rank History for White students at Memorial Parkway J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.73 263rd 1673 84.3%
2019 78.54 270th 1684 84.0%
2021 83.88 143rd 1700 91.6%
2022 78.16 252nd 1723 85.4%
2023 81.91 200th 1749 88.6%
2024 81.20 176th 1724 89.8%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Memorial Parkway J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 971 32 53 31 n/a n/a n/a 0 1087
1989 1091 36 74 44 1 n/a n/a 0 1246
1990 1027 32 68 50 1 n/a n/a 0 1178
1991 1099 32 82 50 2 n/a n/a 0 1265
1992 1086 30 74 44 1 n/a n/a 0 1235
1993 1108 24 77 46 1 n/a n/a 0 1256
1994 1134 32 72 60 1 n/a n/a 0 1299
1995 1234 39 93 66 1 n/a n/a 0 1433
1996 1234 39 93 66 1 n/a n/a 0 1433
1997 903 26 53 57 0 n/a n/a 0 1039
1998 921 44 67 66 0 n/a n/a 0 1098
1999 1051 44 82 76 2 n/a n/a 0 1255
2000 1083 50 99 81 3 n/a n/a 0 1316
2001 945 42 72 87 3 n/a n/a 0 1149
2002 874 44 90 103 2 n/a n/a 0 1113
2003 874 44 90 103 2 n/a n/a 0 1113
2004 805 39 88 137 3 n/a n/a 0 1072
2005 767 53 81 137 3 n/a n/a 0 1041
2006 729 58 86 161 5 n/a n/a 0 1039
2007 686 65 96 174 7 n/a n/a 0 1028
2008 639 56 93 173 7 n/a n/a 0 968
2009 616 62 94 192 5 n/a n/a 0 969
2010 595 72 95 196 3 n/a n/a 0 961
2011 530 66 72 232 7 0 35 0 942
2012 504 73 69 227 6 0 35 0 914
2013 504 78 64 211 7 0 30 0 894
2014 497 76 62 216 8 0 35 0 894
2015 462 73 65 235 4 1 38 0 878
2016 421 70 74 242 1 0 47 0 855
2017 384 66 76 251 1 0 49 0 827
2018 355 70 84 253 0 0 37 0 799
2019 368 76 70 246 2 1 25 0 788
2020 373 88 77 336 2 1 34 0 911
2021 365 83 64 274 3 1 36 0 826
2022 333 83 73 331 3 0 43 0 866
2023 326 82 63 277 4 0 35 0 787
2024 325 80 62 266 3 1 34 0 771

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Memorial Parkway J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1087 55.0 19.7 n/a
1989 1246 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1178 65.0 18.1 n/a
1991 1265 64.5 19.6 n/a
1992 1235 68.9 17.9 0.7
1993 1256 72.0 17.4 1.7
1994 1299 70.6 18.4 2.6
1995 1433 81.6 17.6 2.6
1996 1433 81.6 17.6 2.6
1997 1039 58.4 17.8 2.5
1998 1098 62.0 17.7 1.8
1999 1255 67.9 18.5 2.9
2000 1316 75.4 17.5 2.8
2001 1149 74.0 15.5 3.7
2002 1113 70.7 15.7 6.6
2003 1113 70.7 15.7 6.6
2004 1072 73.4 14.6 9.9
2005 1041 65.9 15.8 11.2
2006 1039 68.1 15.3 10.7
2007 1028 62.2 16.5 15.1
2008 968 61.0 15.9 15.2
2009 969 59.9 16.2 18.8
2010 961 59.2 16.2 21
2011 942 62.2 15.1 23.9
2012 914 53.9 16.9 27.7
2013 894 55.0 16.2 26.5
2014 894 56.8 15.7 26.2
2015 878 54.0 16.2 27.6
2016 855 56.0 15.2 29.7
2017 827 57.0 14.5 28.9
2018 799 53.9 14.8 36.3
2019 788 52.3 15.0 36.7
2020 911 60.2 15.1 40.6
2021 826 64.2 12.8 36.1
2022 866 63.7 13.5 44.3
2023 787 60.3 13.0 45.1
2024 771 63.7 12.0 45.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Memorial Parkway J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1087 55.0 19.7 n/a
1989 1246 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1178 65.0 18.1 n/a
1991 1265 64.5 19.6 n/a
1992 1235 68.9 17.9 0.7
1993 1256 72.0 17.4 1.7
1994 1299 70.6 18.4 2.6
1995 1433 81.6 17.6 2.6
1996 1433 81.6 17.6 2.6
1997 1039 58.4 17.8 2.5
1998 1098 62.0 17.7 1.8
1999 1255 67.9 18.5 2.9
2000 1316 75.4 17.5 2.8
2001 1149 74.0 15.5 3.7
2002 1113 70.7 15.7 6.6
2003 1113 70.7 15.7 6.6
2004 1072 73.4 14.6 9.9
2005 1041 65.9 15.8 11.2
2006 1039 68.1 15.3 10.7
2007 1028 62.2 16.5 15.1
2008 968 61.0 15.9 15.2
2009 969 59.9 16.2 18.8
2010 961 59.2 16.2 21
2011 942 62.2 15.1 23.9
2012 914 53.9 16.9 27.7
2013 894 55.0 16.2 26.5
2014 894 56.8 15.7 26.2
2015 878 54.0 16.2 27.6
2016 855 56.0 15.2 29.7
2017 827 57.0 14.5 28.9
2018 799 53.9 14.8 36.3
2019 788 52.3 15.0 36.7
2020 911 60.2 15.1 40.6
2021 826 64.2 12.8 36.1
2022 866 63.7 13.5 44.3
2023 787 60.3 13.0 45.1
2024 771 63.7 12.0 45.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Memorial Parkway J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $653 (6.3%) $9,650 (93.7%) $10,303
2020 $551 (4.6%) $11,360 (95.4%) $11,911
2021 $302 (2.7%) $11,084 (97.3%) $11,386

Data source: Texas Department of Education
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Impact of COVID-19 on Memorial Parkway J H

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 281st of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 345th of 2330 Middle schools
 2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Memorial Parkway J H)5063
 13%
   6th Grade Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))5470
 16%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Memorial Parkway J H)6052
 8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Katy Independent School District (Isd))6562
 3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Memorial Parkway J H)6568
 3%
   7th Grade Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))6973
 4%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Memorial Parkway J H)4129
 12%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Katy Independent School District (Isd))4440
 4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Memorial Parkway J H)7368
 5%
   8th Grade Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7274
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Memorial Parkway J H)7466
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7972
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Memorial Parkway J H)6269
 7%
   8th Grade Science (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7271
 1%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Memorial Parkway J H)5755
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Katy Independent School District (Isd))5958
 1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Memorial Parkway J H)10099
 1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Katy Independent School District (Isd))8168
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students788787
 0.1%
African American7682
 7.9%
American Indian24
 100%
Asian7063
 10%
Hispanic246277
 12.6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White368326
 11.4%
Two or More Races2535
 40%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients36.7%45.1%
 8.4%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 771 students attended Memorial Parkway J H.

Memorial Parkway J H ranks 253rd of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Memorial Parkway J H are 42% White, 35% Hispanic, 10% African American, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

Students who attend Memorial Parkway J H usually go on to attend Taylor High School


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