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What's the one class at CYPRESS RIDGE H S every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,861
High
DISTRICT 2,953 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611009266
Cypress Ridge High School
7900 N ELDRIDGE PKWY, HOUSTON, TX 77041 · (281) 807-8000 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,861 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test 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.
- BThree-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
11.0:1
261 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
2,271 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 | 919 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 633 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 660 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 649 | 23% |
Student demographics
55%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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 42.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 28.0% | 37.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Ridge High School
Cypress Ridge High School's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Ridge High School this school | 2,861 | 79.4% | 55.2% |
| Mayde Creek High School HOUSTON | 3,036 | 76.5% | 56.2% |
| Klein Forest High School KLEIN | 3,418 | 80.1% | 43.8% |
| Elsik High School HOUSTON | 4,057 | 78.8% | 42.9% |
| Hastings High School HOUSTON | 3,786 | 82.2% | 37.6% |
| Macarthur High School IRVING | 2,484 | 79.7% | 38.6% |
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 Ridge High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #645 of 1,385 | #68 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #775 of 1,425 ▼ 126 | #117 of 155 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #963 of 1,425 ▼ 33 | #102 of 155 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #471 of 1,184 | #69 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,861 | #98 of 2,107 | #39 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #188 of 1,344 | #6 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #495 of 1,346 | #57 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #404 of 1,522 | #88 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #299 of 557 | #45 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
2,861
-225 (-7%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 3,000
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 2,861 | 260.7 | 11.0:1 | 79% (2,271) |
| 2023-24 | 2,891 | 244.9 | 11.8:1 | 78% (2,246) |
| 2022-23 | 2,921 | 244.7 | 11.9:1 | 76% (2,206) |
| 2020-21 | 3,086 | 257 | 12.0:1 | 70% (2,171) |
| 2017-18 | 3,114 | 249.1 | 12.5:1 | 63% (1,958) |
| 2015-16 | 3,014 | 205 | 14.7:1 | 63% (1,899) |
| 2010-11 | 3,000 | 192 | 15.6:1 | 54% (1,629) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cypress Ridge High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (3,114 to 2,861); teachers up 5% (249.1 to 260.7).
About Cypress Ridge High School
Cypress Ridge High School is a large high school in HOUSTON, Texas, under CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 2,861 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD counts 117,927 students in its 92 schools, and Cypress Ridge High School is one of them.
At Cypress Ridge High School, Hispanic students make up 63% of the student body. The school is also 20% Black, 7% White, and 7% Asian. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Cypress Ridge High School is 260.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.0:1. This ratio sits 4.1 below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 79%. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 9 points lower.
allk12 grades Cypress Ridge High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Cypress Ridge High School scores 15.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 55.2% actual versus 39.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Cypress Ridge High School is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
Hairgrove Elementary School is located about 0.8 miles from Cypress Ridge High School. The five-mile area around Cypress Ridge High School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 46.5%, lower than Cypress Ridge High School's 55.2%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 225 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 12.0:1 to 11.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Hairgrove Elementary School0.8 mi · 795
- Owens Elementary School1.0 mi · 779
- Emmott Elementary School1.8 mi · 583
- Lee Elementary School2.0 mi · 780
- Bang Elementary School2.0 mi · 949
- Truitt Middle School2.2 mi · 1,353
Frequently asked questions
About Cypress Ridge High SchoolHow many students attend Cypress Ridge High School?
Cypress Ridge High School enrolls approximately 2,861 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cypress Ridge High School serve?
Cypress Ridge High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cypress Ridge High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cypress Ridge High School is approximately 11.0:1 (261 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cypress Ridge High School?
At Cypress Ridge High School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 63% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cypress Ridge High School public or private?
Cypress Ridge 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.