Region’s biggest bills are in Katy, which could see significant cuts

By DAN FELDSTEIN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

It’s a contest that nobody would want to win. If you live in Katy, you have the highest school property taxes in the Houston region.

If you live in Winnie, in the East Chambers Independent School District, you have the lowest.

The owner of a $150,000 house in Katy ISD, with a homestead exemption, paid $2,700 last year compared with $1,481 in East Chambers. That’s 82 percent more.

If its appraised value doesn’t rise, the school taxes on the Katy home will drop 25 percent to $2,021 next year, according to a tax calculator developed by the Houston Chronicle. …more…

The non-exempt rate for KISD is estimated to be $1.63. The calculator is in the upper right hand corner of this linked Chronicle page.