Seven Lakes High School

Summary:

Seven Lakes High School is a public high school in Katy, Texas, serving 3,595 students in grades 9-12 and part of the Katy Independent School District, which is ranked 158 out of 968 districts in the state.

Seven Lakes High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Texas, placing 54th out of 1,987 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school boasts exceptional academic performance, with 94.28% of students proficient or better in Biology, compared to 79.43% in the district and 57.31% statewide. Seven Lakes also has a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 96.7% to 97.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. The school's diverse student population includes a significant representation of minority groups, including Asian (32.07%), Hispanic (24.09%), and African American students.

While Katy High School and Tompkins High School also perform well within the Katy Independent School District, the nearby Lamar Consolidated Independent School District schools, such as Foster High School and Fulshear High School, also demonstrate strong academic performance, suggesting a high level of educational quality in the broader Katy/Fulshear area.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 9251 S Fry Rd
       Katy, TX  77494-0159


(281) 237-2800

District: Katy Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
54th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,521 Help


Feeder schools for Seven Lakes High School:

Elementary:    Bonnie Holland Elementary
    Roosevelt Alexander Elementary
    Stanley C Stanley Elementary
Middle:    Beckendorff J H
    Seven Lakes J H

Student/teacher ratio:  17.4 Help
Number of students:  3,719

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
33.5%
White:
31.1%
Hispanic:
24.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  22.2% Help


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Compare Details Seven Lakes High School ranks better than 97.3% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks first among 9 ranked high schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 90.56. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Seven Lakes High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 Student population at Seven Lakes High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (33.5%), White (31.1%), Hispanic (24.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 22.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Seven Lakes High School is 17.4, which is the highest among 11 high schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Seven Lakes High School is $8,521. 9 high schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Seven Lakes High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Seven Lakes High School 54th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Seven Lakes High School 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 Seven Lakes High School

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Rank History for all students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 86.24 37th 1497 97.5%
2008 87.00 31st 1510 97.9%
2009 85.07 30th 1539 98.1%
2010 80.63 62nd 1568 96.0%
2011 80.62 73rd 1672 95.6%
2012 73.48 186th 1603 88.4%
2013 84.79 46th 1652 97.2%
2014 84.63 47th 1734 97.3%
2015 82.88 47th 1743 97.3%
2016 81.06 75th 1762 95.7%
2017 92.94 41st 1777 97.7%
2018 92.14 43rd 1797 97.6%
2019 91.30 38th 1857 98.0%
2021 93.29 16th 1861 99.1%
2022 90.15 61st 1876 96.7%
2023 91.06 40th 1961 98.0%
2024 90.56 54th 1987 97.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.71 38th 582 93.5%
2019 88.67 38th 604 93.7%
2021 80.43 63rd 588 89.3%
2022 86.79 51st 664 92.3%
2023 86.13 46th 677 93.2%
2024 83.56 59th 730 91.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.81 47th 1113 95.8%
2019 94.65 42nd 1136 96.3%
2021 94.84 34th 1195 97.2%
2022 85.86 84th 1278 93.4%
2023 90.69 70th 1371 94.9%
2024 88.21 78th 1435 94.6%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.29 27th 1347 98.0%
2019 96.78 26th 1357 98.1%
2021 98.01 26th 1382 98.1%
2022 97.64 31st 1418 97.8%
2023 97.15 32nd 1478 97.8%
2024 92.73 52nd 1547 96.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.44 106th 1794 94.1%
2019 87.83 94th 1818 94.8%
2021 88.48 65th 1848 96.5%
2022 83.26 126th 1847 93.2%
2023 87.97 88th 1897 95.4%
2024 88.81 71st 1883 96.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.11 37th 1781 97.9%
2019 89.84 42nd 1798 97.7%
2021 92.34 23rd 1815 98.7%
2022 88.66 61st 1841 96.7%
2023 89.85 43rd 1891 97.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.22 238th 1137 79.1%
2019 70.60 263rd 1145 77.0%
2021 74.75 91st 1177 92.3%
2022 73.02 76th 1172 93.5%
2023 72.09 124th 1182 89.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.69 82nd 1784 95.4%
2019 90.11 73rd 1810 96.0%
2021 89.99 60th 1829 96.7%
2022 82.71 127th 1837 93.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.71 52nd 1803 97.1%
2019 91.52 48th 1824 97.4%
2021 93.11 31st 1840 98.3%
2022 89.96 68th 1853 96.3%
2023 91.14 50th 1913 97.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.89 64th 486 86.8%
2019 79.88 52nd 487 89.3%
2021 81.41 40th 488 91.8%
2022 80.83 58th 507 88.6%
2023 78.53 68th 525 87.0%
2024 76.64 66th 529 87.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.47 58th 1013 94.3%
2019 90.65 57th 1024 94.4%
2021 93.20 36th 1020 96.5%
2022 83.11 114th 1031 88.9%
2023 90.12 78th 1069 92.7%
2024 89.30 68th 1065 93.6%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.53 63rd 1691 96.3%
2019 91.78 44th 1714 97.4%
2021 93.83 22nd 1743 98.7%
2022 87.35 93rd 1762 94.7%
2023 89.52 72nd 1820 96.0%
2024 88.48 64th 1804 96.5%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for Native American students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.90 29th 122 76.2%
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Rank History for White students at Seven Lakes High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.91 49th 1539 96.8%
2019 86.03 75th 1526 95.1%
2021 88.29 48th 1510 96.8%
2022 85.76 65th 1525 95.7%
2023 86.81 70th 1576 95.6%
2024 85.54 82nd 1556 94.7%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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by a parent
Friday, January 27, 2012

Open Quote The classes are crowded. The teachers & counselors are overworked and underpaid. So quality of education is not very good. The school does well because kids are from families that take interest in their child's development.

Some teachers may place questions on exams that require subject knowledge beyond what has been covered in class. This practice may result in bright kids getting low grades, who do their homework and understand the material. For example, we have a child who was getting Cs and low Bs in algebra and geometry, so we thought he did not have aptitude for mathematics. Based on these grades, we were starting to guide him away from math and toward the arts. However, when he took the SAT at the end of sophomore year, it turned out he was nationally in the top 5% in mathematics.

So, now we simply discount a lot of what his teachers and their grades have to say and pay attention to standardized test scores, to chart a career path for our child. If you want your kids to do well academically at this school, put them in summer programs and get them private tutoring etc. This is important because a lot of colleges rely on these GPAs to give admission in colleges. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Seven Lakes High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2006 540 45 104 130 1 n/a n/a 0 820
2007 963 92 198 234 4 n/a n/a 0 1491
2008 1458 163 313 400 4 n/a n/a 0 2338
2009 1674 215 402 479 8 n/a n/a 0 2778
2010 1876 227 491 574 8 n/a n/a 0 3176
2011 1870 241 534 712 9 5 67 0 3438
2012 1879 244 676 786 10 2 74 0 3671
2013 1976 246 746 870 12 2 92 0 3944
2014 1735 226 729 781 11 5 90 0 3577
2015 1586 230 781 759 10 2 95 0 3463
2016 1378 217 804 723 11 4 92 0 3229
2017 1389 231 864 797 14 3 87 0 3385
2018 1375 234 961 846 12 3 95 0 3526
2019 1356 250 1014 879 11 4 103 0 3617
2020 1381 271 1057 933 8 4 106 0 3760
2021 1340 261 1074 898 5 5 95 0 3678
2022 1277 258 1072 867 6 4 98 0 3582
2023 1198 268 1153 866 6 2 102 0 3595
2024 1157 276 1247 897 6 3 133 0 3719

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Seven Lakes High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2006 820 61.9 13.2 5.5
2007 1491 103.5 14.4 3.6
2008 2338 147.2 15.9 4.6
2009 2778 170.8 16.3 5.3
2010 3176 187.7 16.9 6.3
2011 3438 192.0 17.8 7.2
2012 3671 190.8 19.2 7.4
2013 3944 193.8 20.3 7
2014 3577 190.2 18.7 5.7
2015 3463 187.0 18.5 5.9
2016 3229 184.0 17.5 5.8
2017 3385 183.7 18.4 7.4
2018 3526 190.7 18.4 10.3
2019 3617 200.1 18.0 11.9
2020 3760 199.8 18.8 12
2021 3678 207.4 17.7 14.1
2022 3582 203.6 17.5 18.1
2023 3595 209.7 17.1 21.4
2024 3719 212.8 17.4 22.2

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 Seven Lakes High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2006 820 61.9 13.2 5.5
2007 1491 103.5 14.4 3.6
2008 2338 147.2 15.9 4.6
2009 2778 170.8 16.3 5.3
2010 3176 187.7 16.9 6.3
2011 3438 192.0 17.8 7.2
2012 3671 190.8 19.2 7.4
2013 3944 193.8 20.3 7
2014 3577 190.2 18.7 5.7
2015 3463 187.0 18.5 5.9
2016 3229 184.0 17.5 5.8
2017 3385 183.7 18.4 7.4
2018 3526 190.7 18.4 10.3
2019 3617 200.1 18.0 11.9
2020 3760 199.8 18.8 12
2021 3678 207.4 17.7 14.1
2022 3582 203.6 17.5 18.1
2023 3595 209.7 17.1 21.4
2024 3719 212.8 17.4 22.2

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 Seven Lakes High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $546 (6.7%) $7,651 (93.3%) $8,197
2020 $471 (4.7%) $9,553 (95.3%) $10,024
2021 $286 (3.4%) $8,236 (96.7%) $8,521

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Seven Lakes High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
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Ranks 38th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 40th of 1961 High schools
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Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Seven Lakes High School)8577
 8%
   End of Course Algebra I (Katy Independent School District (Isd))8168
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Seven Lakes High School)9494
   End of Course Biology (Katy Independent School District (Isd))8380
 3%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Seven Lakes High School)9292
   End of Course English I Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7575
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Seven Lakes High School)8991
 2%
   End of Course English II Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7273
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Seven Lakes High School)9596
 1%
   End of Course U.S. History (Katy Independent School District (Isd))9087
 3%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students36173595
 0.6%
African American250268
 7.2%
American Indian116
 45.5%
Asian10141153
 13.7%
Hispanic879866
 1.5%
Pacific Islander42
 50%
White13561198
 11.7%
Two or More Races103102
 1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients11.9%21.4%
 9.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Seven Lakes High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 3,719 students attended Seven Lakes High School.

Yes! Seven Lakes High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 54th of 1987 Texas high schools.

Students at Seven Lakes High School are 34% Asian, 31% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% African American, 4% Two or more races.

Seven Lakes High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bonnie Holland Elementary
Elementary : Roosevelt Alexander Elementary
Elementary : Stanley C Stanley Elementary
Middle : Beckendorff J H
Middle : Seven Lakes J H


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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