Katy ISD Approves Boundaries for Two New Schools Set to Open Fall 2025

KATY MAGAZINE NEWS

October 29, 2024

By Natalie Cook Clark

The Katy ISD Board of Trustees approved the Attendance Boundary Modifications (ABM) for the district’s two new elementary schools during last night’s Regular Board Meeting. Both schools are in the northwest quadrant where Katy continues to grow the most.

Art rendering courtesy of Katy ISD

Katy ISD to Open Two New Schools Fall 2025

The northwest quadrant continues to be the fastest growing area of Katy. The proof is in Katy ISD’s building and planning of new schools to meet the demand. This academic year, Nelson Junior High and Freeman High School opened off of Katy Hockley and Logenbaugh Road.

The District is currently constructing two new elementary schools in the area that are set to open fall 2025. At last night’s school board meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the Attendance Boundary Modification and set the zones for what students would attend the new schools next academic year.

“The northwest quadrant is our fastest-growing area and we want to be sure we’re effectively serving families as they move into the district,” says Ted Vierling, Chief Operations Officer at Katy ISD. “We continually work with our demographic partner – Population and Survey Analysts – to address the capacity concerns at in the fast growth areas of the districts.”

Elementary #47 will be located at 7402 Katy Hockley Cut Off Road and will continue to help relieve the growing Elyson area that continues to add enrollment pressures at Youngblood Elementary.

Meanwhile, Elementary #48, planned for the Sunterra South area, will be located at 900 Sunterra Shores Drive and provide enrollment relief to Faldyn and Robertson elementary schools. Both schools are scheduled to open in the 2025-26 school year.

Katy ISD regularly engages in ABMs to balance school enrollment across campuses to maintain safe and engaging school environments. In considering the boundaries for Elementary #47 and #48, parents at schools affected by the proposed changes were given the opportunity to provide input over a five-month period.

Namesakes are currently being considered for both schools as the district continues to honor those who have given so much to this community and district through the unique way of naming their schools.

Visit the Katy ISD ABM website to learn more and see if your Katy student is impacted by these new boundaries.

As residents and businesses continue to move to Katy, there is no sign to a slowdown in the growth to our area.

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