Beckendorff Junior High School - Katy ISD

Katy ISD · Katy / Seven Meadows · 77494

Beckendorff Junior High is a Katy ISD junior high at 8200 South Fry Road in Katy’s 77494 ZIP, serving about 1,670 students in grades 6–8. In TEA’s 2025–26 state ratings the Bears earned an A (96 out of 100) with all seven distinction designations — tied for the district’s top junior-high score. It opened in August 2004 as Katy ISD’s tenth junior high, on land that was rice fields within living memory, and carries the name of the Beckendorff family, German immigrants who arrived through Galveston in 1848 and farmed the Katy prairie for generations. For buyers the math is simple: the entire Beckendorff zone continues to Seven Lakes High School — an A-96-to-A chain with no splits.

How Beckendorff Junior High is rated

The Texas Education Agency grades every Texas campus on an A–F scale each year. In the most recent ratings (2025–26 school year), Beckendorff earned an overall A — 96 out of 100 with all seven distinction designations. Ratings change every year, so verify the current one at the live source:

Homes for sale zoned to Beckendorff Junior High

This list pulls live from the HAR MLS and updates as homes come on and off the market — it’s the same zone the school district uses, not a guess by ZIP code.

Neighborhoods zoned to Beckendorff Junior High

Beckendorff’s zone spans the master-planned communities along South Fry Road between Cinco Ranch West and Seven Meadows. Confirm your exact address with Katy ISD. Communities with their own guide are linked:

• Cinco Ranch West (western sections)
• Cinco West at Seven Meadows
• Grand Lakes
• Heritage Grand
• Hickory Creek
• Seven Meadows

The feeder chain: Alexander and Holland feed Beckendorff in full, along with the Grand Lakes–Heritage Grand side of Griffin and the Seven Meadows side of Kilpatrick — and every Beckendorff student moves on to Seven Lakes High School. See the wider community in my Cinco Ranch guide or browse all my neighborhood guides.

Buying or selling a home zoned to Beckendorff?

An A-96 junior high into an A-97 high school — Beckendorff into Seven Lakes High — is as strong a junior-high-to-high-school run as Katy ISD’s current ratings offer, and Grand Lakes and Seven Meadows sellers lean on it hard. As your real estate buyer’s agent I’ll confirm the zoning on every home we tour, compare communities on dues, MUD taxes and flood history, and negotiate on your behalf — we’ll agree on how I’m paid up front and in writing. Call or text me, Kevan Pewitt, at (281) 500-7077, email kevan@houstonprimerealty.com, or reach out here.

Beckendorff Junior High: quick answers

What high school do Beckendorff students attend?

Seven Lakes High School — on Katy ISD’s current address assignments, the entire Beckendorff zone continues to Seven Lakes High, with no splits. Confirm any specific address with the district.

What is Beckendorff Junior High’s TEA rating?

Beckendorff earned an A (96 out of 100) in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025–26 A–F accountability ratings, with all seven distinction designations. The current rating is always on the Texas School Report Card.

Who were the Beckendorffs?

A pioneer family — August Beckendorff brought his family from Berlin by boat to Galveston in 1848, and his descendants farmed the prairie communities around Katy for generations. When the district opened its tenth junior high in August 2004 on former rice-farm land, it put their name on the building. The Bears’ campus motto: excellence isn’t a goal, it’s the standard. School hours are 8:48 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.

Last updated: September 2026. School ratings and attendance zones are point-in-time — verify the current TEA rating and your specific zone by address before relying on them.