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CYPRESS SPRINGS H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CYPRESS SPRINGS H S
Set in CYPRESS, Texas, CYPRESS SPRINGS H S is an expansive senior high, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. It caters to 2,800 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 252% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD runs 92 schools in total, collectively educating 117,927 students. CYPRESS SPRINGS H S is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, CYPRESS SPRINGS H S lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 37% Black, 7% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 189 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 69% of students at CYPRESS SPRINGS H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, CYPRESS SPRINGS H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 50.4%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), CYPRESS SPRINGS H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is HOPPER MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CYPRESS SPRINGS H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CYPRESS SPRINGS H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.7%.
CYPRESS SPRINGS H S operates from a commuter-belt location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 3,027 students in 2018 compared to 2,800 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 30% to 37% over that span.
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