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Katy & Sugar Land Texas Area Real Estate Listings for Sale Find over 1,500 homes and real estate listings for sale in the Katy Texas area including: Cypress, Fulshear, Jersey Village, Brookshire, Park Row, Pattison, Sugar Land, Katy and The Greater Katy Texas Area Find new construction homes, retirement communities, New Katy and Sugar Land Area
Ask us about any of the Master Plan Communities in the Katy area including: Weston Lakes, Green Trails, Grand Lakes, Avalon at 7 Meadows, Pin Oak Village, Cinco Ranch, Wood Creek Reserve, Grayson Lakes and FireThorne.
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Overview Katy is home to the Igloo Corporation, an internationally-known manufacturer of cooling and portable refrigeration products. Igloo Corporation consolidated all of its operations in Katy in 2003. Katy is also home to the corporate offices and product distribution center for Academy Sports and Outdoors, one of the United States top sporting goods retailers.
Weston Lakes Country Club Community Education Primary and secondary schools Katy Public schools Zelma Hutsell Elementary School Katy Junior High School Many homes in unincorporated Fort Bend, Harris, or Waller counties which have Katy addresses are served by other schools in Katy ISD. Katy ISD SchoolsClick on any Katy school from the following list for location, telephone number, and other information:Alexander Elementary Bear Creek Elementary Beck Junior High Beckendorff Junior High Cimarron Elementary Cinco Ranch High School Cinco Ranch Junior High Creech Elementary Exley Elementary Fielder Elementary Franz Elementary Golbow Elementary Griffin Elementary Hayes Elementary Hutsell Elementary Katy Elementary Katy High School Katy Junior High Kilpatrick Elementary King Elementary Martha Raines High School Mayde Creek Elementary Mayde Creek High School Mayde Creek Junior High McDonald Junior High McMeans Junior High McRoberts Elementary Memorial Parkway Elementary Memorial Parkway Junior High Miller Career Center Morton Ranch High School Morton Ranch Junior High Nottingham Country Elementary Opportunity Awareness Center Pattison Elementary Rhoads Elementary Rylander Elementary Schmalz Elementary Seven Lakes High School Stephens Elementary Sundown Elementary Taylor High School West Memorial Elementary West Memorial Junior High Williams Elementary Winborn Elementary Wolfe Elementary WoodCreek Elementary
About
Katy ISD Encompasses 181 square
miles 20 miles west of downtown Houston in Harris, Fort Bend and
Waller Counties. 45 campuses including
27 elementary schools, 10 junior highs, 6 high schools, a
career-technology center and an alternative center. One of the
fastest-growing school districts in Texas with an annual growth rate of about 5 to 6
percent projected through 2016. The districts most recent
successful bond package in 2002 authorized $315.635 million in funds,
which will provide most facility needs through 2007. Instructional quality
guided by a comprehensive district wide curriculum management plan, which
coordinates development, delivery and assessment of teaching
throughout the district. A highly advanced
technology program includes one to three computers in each classroom, multiple
labs in each school, a technology facilitator assigned to each campus,
distance learning capabilities at several campuses, a fiber optic
network linking every school and facility and an automated curriculum
management plan. An award-winning
Partners in Education program provides approximately one volunteer for each
three children in the district. Volunteers donated more than a half
million hours in 2005-06. The first school
district in the world to adopt a Junior Achievement "whole district"
approach. During 2005-06, more than 30,000 students participated in JA classes
taught by volunteers from throughout the community.
Recognitions Student achievement on
statewide tests consistently surpass statewide achievement levels at every
grade level in every area tested. On the 2006 test, performance for
all students was above 90% in writing (96%), social studies (95%)
and reading/language arts (94%). One of the largest
"Recognized" districts in Texas. 10 campuses are ranked
"Exemplary," 25 are "Recognized" and seven are
"Acceptable." 14 National Blue Ribbon
Schools of Excellence What
Parents Want Award from
School Match, a national school information service, each of the 15
years that the designation has been given. Listed by Expansion
Management magazine
as one of the nations top school districts. Pattison Elementary,
Katy Elementary, Beck Junior High and Cinco Ranch High Schools are
listed on the Texas Business Education Coalition/ Just for the Kids Honor
Roll, the most prestigious award given in Texas for sustained
academic excellence. Katy students
consistently win individual and team championships (state, national and
international) in athletics, academics and fine arts. Learn
more about the Katy schools at
www.katyisd.org
Growing at 5 to 6.25% yearly, Katy ISDs enrollment
is expected to reach 83,418 by the
2015-16 school year. Thats more than a 100%
increase from 2003-04. Since
1999, the district has completed 17 new
schools: Cinco Ranch, Morton Ranch and Seven
Lakes High Schools; Beckendorff,
Cinco Ranch, McMeans and Morton
Ranch Junior Highs; Creech, Exley, Franz,
Griffin, Kilpatrick, King, Rhoads, Rylander,
Schmalz and Williams Elementaries;
plus performing arts centers at the
four high schools, an agriculture science
facility, a police and maintenance complex.
Three ninth grade centers and additions
at Katy High opened in 2002. Colleges and universities
Public libraries Community information Retail centers are springing up all throughout Katy to accommodate the rapid residential growth. The major retail growth is now being focused on the Katy Fort Bend Road near the east entrance to the Katy Mills shopping mall. Postal service  History The City of Katy was formally incorporated in 1945. Katy has always been a traditional family style community; however, it also played a major role as a rail hub, a rice farming and agricultural center, and one of the largest gas fields in this part of Texas.  MKT Depot and Caboose, 5615 First Street in Railroad Park. Restored Katy Depot with MKT Museum, Visitors Center and caboose. Open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Katy Heritage Society was established in 1979 by a group formed to save the old MKT Railroad Depot. With the help of the City, the Depot was acquired and restored by the Heritage Society. Other historical structures have been acquired and restored by the Society. All of their structures are now located at Katy Heritage Park, 5990 George Bush Drive. The group continues it's work to protect and preserve the historic resources of Katy. Please contact the Katy Heritage Society at 281-391-2550 for on the History of Katy. Find what you are looking for in Katy Texas by doing a Google search below.
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