[5] After Hurricane Katrina occurred, Walnut Bend Elementary School's enrollment increased from around 600 to around 800 with the addition of 184 hurricane refugees; Walnut Bend, out of all of the Houston-area elementary schools, took the most Katrina victims.

[6] Five years after Katrina, however, the population and testing scores of the school have returned to pre-Katrina levels.

Walnut Bend Elementary Vanguard Program[7] students participate in the Houston Independent School District Exploration Expo.

Each grade level focused on a different subject ranging from Texas History to geography and are required to give presentations on those topics.

Walnut Bend Elementary offers a number of activities[8] that children may participate.