Katy ISD's enrollment is projected to exceed 100,000 students by 2027, and a projected 30% of new enrollees are expected to be emergent bilingual students, or students for whom English is a second language, according to Population and Survey Analysts, a demographic firm cited by the district.
Currently, more than 25% of Katy ISD’s student population is made up of bilingual learners, and the district offers a comprehensive bilingual dual-language education program starting in prekindergarten through fifth grade to native Spanish speakers, who represent the district’s largest emergent bilingual group, according to the district.
Among the support KISD provides to emergent bilingual students and their families are instruction in science, technology, engineering, arts and math programs hosted by the district at the Robert R. Shaw Center for STEAM, as well as information sessions focused on course selection and applying for post-secondary education, according to the release.
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