Cardiff Junior High School - Katy ISD

Katy ISD · Katy / Bear Creek West · 77449

Cardiff Junior High is a Katy ISD junior high at 3900 Dayflower Drive in Katy’s 77449 ZIP, serving the Westfield and Bear Creek Village side of the district. In TEA’s 2024–25 state ratings the Colts earned a B (88 out of 100) — the highest score of any campus in the Mayde Creek feeder — with six of seven eligible distinction designations, serving about 803 students in grades 6–8. Like its sibling Mayde Creek Junior High, the feeder step is clean: every Cardiff address continues to Mayde Creek High School. The school carries one of Katy’s founding names — the Cardiff family, whose rice dryers beside Interstate 10 are still the town’s most recognizable landmark.

How Cardiff Junior High is rated

The Texas Education Agency grades every Texas campus on an A–F scale each year. In the most recent ratings (2024–25 school year), Cardiff earned an overall B — 88 out of 100 with six of seven eligible distinction designations, two points shy of an A. Ratings change every year, so verify the current one at the live source:

Homes for sale zoned to Cardiff 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 Cardiff Junior High

Cardiff’s zone runs through the Westfield and Bear Creek communities north of Morton Road. Confirm your exact address with Katy ISD. Neighborhoods in the zone include:

• Westfield
• Bear Creek Village and Bear Creek Northwest
• Pine Forest Village
• Silvermill

The feeder picture: Cardiff draws its students from Bear Creek Elementary (about a third of addresses) and Rhoads Elementary (about three in ten), plus shares of Schmalz, Wolfe, and McRoberts. Every address then continues to Mayde Creek High School. Browse all my neighborhood guides for the wider area.

Buying or selling a home zoned to Cardiff JH?

Cardiff pairs the feeder’s strongest junior-high score with some of its most attainable prices — Westfield and Silvermill sections where a first-time budget still buys a four-bedroom. As your real estate buyer’s agent I’ll confirm the assignment on every home we tour, weigh 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.

Cardiff Junior High: quick answers

What high school do Cardiff students attend?

Mayde Creek High School — the entire Cardiff zone moves there on Katy ISD’s current address assignments, with no splits. Confirm any specific home with the district.

What is Cardiff Junior High’s TEA rating?

Cardiff earned a B (88 out of 100) in the Texas Education Agency’s 2024–25 A–F accountability ratings — the top score in the Mayde Creek feeder — with six of seven eligible distinction designations. The current rating is always on the Texas School Report Card.

Who is the school named for?

The Cardiff family, rice-farming pioneers who helped settle Katy in the 1920s and ’30s. John V. Cardiff farmed 2,000 acres north of Old Highway 90 while his brother Charles bought land on what’s now FM 1463; the family’s rice dryers along I-10 remain Katy’s signature landmark. A later generation’s Bill Cardiff helped develop the first gas-turbine crop duster in the United States, and the main road at Houston Executive Airport is named Bill Cardiff Drive. First bell at Cardiff rings at 8:48 a.m.; dismissal is 4:05 p.m.

Last updated: August 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.