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CYPRESS CREEK H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CYPRESS CREEK H S
CYPRESS CREEK H S is a four-year high school of sprawling scale in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, works with 3,222 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 305% bigger than the state mean of about 796.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD runs 92 schools in total, collectively educating 117,927 students. CYPRESS CREEK H S is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, CYPRESS CREEK H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 29% Black, 17% White, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Harris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 210 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CYPRESS CREEK H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.5%, the actual is 58.5%, a residual of +12.0 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), CYPRESS CREEK H S is one campus in the mix.
MATZKE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CYPRESS CREEK H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CYPRESS CREEK H S at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 45.0%.
CYPRESS CREEK H S operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. CYPRESS CREEK H S's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 3,357 (now 3,222). Over the same period, the White share declined from 26% to 17%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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