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What advice would you give to incoming students at CARDIFF J H?
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Enrollment
803
Middle
DISTRICT 1,173 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATY ISD·NCES 482517011272
Cardiff Junior High School
3900 DAYFLORWER DR, KATY, TX 77449 · (281) 234-0600 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
662 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 249 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 282 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 272 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cardiff Junior High School→Mayde Creek High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from KATY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 33.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cardiff Junior High School
Cardiff Junior High School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Junior High School this school | 803 | 82.4% | 44.7% |
| Baytown Junior High School BAYTOWN | 711 | 81.0% | 34.6% |
| Vanston Middle School MESQUITE | 728 | 84.5% | 36.4% |
| McDonald Middle School MESQUITE | 787 | 82.2% | 34.3% |
| P E Wallace Middle School MOUNT PLEASANT | 698 | 82.2% | 44.6% |
| Lanny Frasier Middle School MESQUITE | 959 | 84.7% | 40.6% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cardiff Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #712 of 1,635 | #80 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #613 of 1,670 ▲ 258 | #75 of 219 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #853 of 1,670 ▼ 22 | #103 of 219 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,033 of 1,570 | #148 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #558 of 1,749 | #115 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #90 of 1,542 | #12 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #952 of 1,543 | #126 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #451 of 1,648 | #118 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #647 of 942 | #107 of 145 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
803
-121 (-13%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 1,074
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 803 | 71.1 | 11.3:1 | 82% (662) |
| 2023-24 | 818 | 71.6 | 11.4:1 | 86% (700) |
| 2022-23 | 863 | 74.5 | 11.6:1 | 84% (729) |
| 2020-21 | 924 | 78 | 11.8:1 | 70% (643) |
| 2017-18 | 886 | 77.7 | 11.4:1 | 70% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 967 | 79 | 12.2:1 | 67% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 1,074 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 62% (662) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cardiff Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (886 to 803); teachers down 8% (77.7 to 71.1).
About Cardiff Junior High School
Cardiff Junior High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in KATY, Texas. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 803 students. It has 25% more students than the average for middle schools in Texas (about 643).
KATY ISD enrolls 96,111 students in 78 schools, including Cardiff Junior High School.
More than half of the students at Cardiff Junior High School are Hispanic (70%). The remaining shares are 15% Black, 11% White, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Harris County's population at about 44%. The diversity index for Cardiff Junior High School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 71.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Cardiff Junior High School has a ratio of 11.3:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
Cardiff Junior High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Texas public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 38.5% at Cardiff Junior High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.7%.
For the population of Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Harris County, 1,205 public schools serve about 886,911 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Jack & Sharon Rhoads Elementary School, is the closest to Cardiff Junior High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 42.3% proficiency; Cardiff Junior High School posts 44.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Cardiff Junior High School as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Cardiff Junior High School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KATY ISD
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Other schools in KATY
- Seven Lakes High SchoolHigh · 3,773 students
- Cinco Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,740 students
- Katy High SchoolHigh · 3,543 students
- Paetow High SchoolHigh · 3,447 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 3,384 students
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 3,330 students
Nearby schools
- Jack & Sharon Rhoads Elementary School0.6 mi · 703
- McRoberts Elementary School1.0 mi · 864
- Brosnahan Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,035
- Jean & Betty Schmalz Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,172
- Sheridan Elementary School1.3 mi · 919
- Thornton Middle School1.5 mi · 1,424
Frequently asked questions
About Cardiff Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cardiff Junior High School?
Cardiff Junior High School enrolls approximately 803 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cardiff Junior High School serve?
Cardiff Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Cardiff Junior High School have?
Cardiff Junior High School employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Cardiff Junior High School?
Cardiff Junior High School reports a student body of 11% White, 70% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cardiff Junior High School public or private?
Cardiff Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KATY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.