Hutsell Elementary School - Katy ISD

Katy ISD · City of Katy · 77493

Hutsell Elementary — formally Zelma Hutsell Elementary — is a Katy ISD elementary at 5360 Franz Road in the city of Katy’s 77493 ZIP, sharing its stretch of Franz Road with Katy Junior High. The Hornets have served the Katyland side of town since August 1978, and today the campus teaches about 780 students from early education through grade 5. In TEA’s 2024–25 state ratings it received a D (69 out of 100); the rating resets every year, and the full component scores are worth reading before drawing conclusions. What the zone itself offers is old-Katy value: established streets minutes from the Townsite, on a feeder path that runs straight to Katy Junior High and Katy High.

How Hutsell Elementary 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), Hutsell received an overall D — 69 out of 100. A single year’s letter grade never tells a campus’s whole story — read the full breakdown and verify the current rating at the live source:

Homes for sale zoned to Hutsell Elementary

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 Hutsell Elementary

Hutsell’s zone covers the neighborhoods along Franz Road east of the Townsite. Confirm your exact address with Katy ISD:

• Eastway Terrace
• Katyland
• Town Park
• Village Green West

The feeder chain: nearly nine in ten Hutsell addresses continue to Katy Junior High — right up the street — with the northern edge assigned to Haskett Junior High, and every address finishes at Katy High School, rated a B (89) in 2024–25, on the district’s current assignments. See the wider area in my Katy, TX guide.

Buying or selling a home zoned to Hutsell?

Katyland and its neighbors are among the last places in 77493 where entry prices sit well below the new-construction corridor a mile north — older homes, bigger lots, and a walkable line to Katy JH and Katy High. That trade-off deserves the numbers straight: current campus ratings, renovation history, resale patterns street by street. As your real estate buyer’s agent I’ll lay them out, weigh 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.

Hutsell Elementary: quick answers

What junior high and high school do Hutsell students attend?

Katy Junior High for most of the zone — the northern edge attends Haskett Junior High — and every Hutsell address continues to Katy High School on Katy ISD’s current assignments. Confirm any specific home with the district.

What is Hutsell Elementary’s TEA rating?

Hutsell received a D (69 out of 100) in the Texas Education Agency’s 2024–25 A–F accountability ratings. Ratings are re-issued each year and can move meaningfully — check the current one and the component scores on the Texas School Report Card before drawing conclusions about the campus.

Who was Zelma Hutsell?

Born in 1904 and a Katy teacher from 1943, Zelma Lenore Hutsell gave the district twenty-four years as a teacher and administrator before retiring in 1967 — the school named for her opened in August 1978 and has anchored this side of town since. The Hornets wear powder blue and white. School hours are 7:43 a.m. to 3:00 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.