BRIDGELAND H S

BRIDGELAND H S is a heavily attended 9-12 campus in CYPRESS, Texas, run under CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. The school caters to 3,707 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 366% above the state mean of about 796.

Within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, which oversees 92 schools and 117,927 students, BRIDGELAND H S is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BRIDGELAND H S logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 216 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BRIDGELAND H S higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at BRIDGELAND H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRIDGELAND H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 85.8%, a residual of +19.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), BRIDGELAND H S is one campus in the mix.

WELLS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRIDGELAND H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRIDGELAND H S at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 77.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 191%: 1,276 students in 2018 compared to 3,707 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 58% to 46%.

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