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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CYPRESS FALLS H S administration to hear?
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Enrollment
3,018
High
DISTRICT 2,953 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611001148
Cypress Falls High School
9811 HUFFMEISTER RD, HOUSTON, TX 77095 · (281) 856-1000 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,018 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Texas public high 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.
- B+Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
201 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
1,913 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 850 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 798 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 646 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 724 | 24% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 44.0% | 18.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 29.0% | 41.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Cypress Falls High School
Cypress Falls High School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Falls High School this school | 3,018 | 63.4% | 60.3% |
| South Grand Prairie High School GRAND PRAIRIE | 3,239 | 60.9% | 47.9% |
| Lewisville High School LEWISVILLE | 4,001 | 66.9% | 45.2% |
| Langham Creek High School HOUSTON | 3,011 | 58.3% | 64.0% |
| Morton Ranch High School KATY | 2,944 | 69.6% | 55.3% |
| Dobie High School HOUSTON | 3,692 | 64.5% | 56.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Cypress Falls High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #474 of 1,385 | #53 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #878 of 1,425 ▼ 230 | #128 of 155 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #791 of 1,425 ▼ 13 | #82 of 155 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #422 of 1,184 | #59 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,018 | #75 of 2,107 | #31 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #734 of 1,344 | #40 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #316 of 1,346 | #39 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #730 of 1,522 | #132 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #184 of 557 | #26 of 75 |
Ranked against other public high 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
3,018
+125 (+4%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 2,853
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 3,018 | 201.2 | 15.0:1 | 63% (1,913) |
| 2023-24 | 2,989 | 206.7 | 14.5:1 | 69% (2,053) |
| 2022-23 | 2,865 | 191.1 | 15.0:1 | 66% (1,896) |
| 2020-21 | 2,893 | 202 | 14.3:1 | 61% (1,758) |
| 2017-18 | 3,499 | 223.1 | 15.7:1 | 50% (1,739) |
| 2015-16 | 3,726 | 226 | 16.5:1 | 47% (1,733) |
| 2010-11 | 3,377 | 200 | 16.9:1 | 40% (1,364) |
| 2000-01 | 2,853 | 179 | 15.9:1 | 18% (502) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cypress Falls High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (3,499 to 3,018); teachers down 10% (223.1 to 201.2).
About Cypress Falls High School
Cypress Falls High School is a large high school in HOUSTON, Texas, under CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 3,018 students. The typical figure for high schools in Texas is about 796 students.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD is made up of 92 schools with 117,927 students in all.
Hispanic students are the majority at Cypress Falls High School, with 56% of enrollment. Other groups make up 21% Black, 12% White, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 201.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.0:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Roughly 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Cypress Falls High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cypress Falls High School would score about 46.6%. It scores 60.3%, 13.7 points above that figure.
Census estimates describe Harris County this way: the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Besides Cypress Falls High School, Harris County has 1,204 other public schools.
The closest public school, Fiest Elementary School, is about 1.4 miles from Cypress Falls High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cypress Falls High School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Cypress Falls High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 125 more students in 2024-25.
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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 CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Fiest Elementary School1.4 mi · 856
- Labay Middle School1.7 mi · 1,067
- Adam Elementary School1.7 mi · 957
- Arnold Middle School1.8 mi · 1,376
- Owens Elementary School1.9 mi · 779
- Cy-Fair High School2.0 mi · 3,216
Frequently asked questions
About Cypress Falls High SchoolHow large is Cypress Falls High School?
Cypress Falls High School enrolls approximately 3,018 students in grades 09-12.
Is Cypress Falls High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cypress Falls High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Cypress Falls High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Cypress Falls High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cypress Falls High School?
At Cypress Falls High School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 56% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cypress Falls High School public or private?
Cypress Falls High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.