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CYPRESS WOODS H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CYPRESS WOODS H S
CYPRESS WOODS H S operates as a high-enrollment four-year high school in CYPRESS, Texas, operated by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 3,469 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so CYPRESS WOODS H S sits 336% above that benchmark.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD runs 92 schools in total, collectively educating 117,927 students. CYPRESS WOODS H S is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, CYPRESS WOODS H S reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 14% Black, 13% Asian, 4% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 217 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Harris County's rate of about 70%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CYPRESS WOODS H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 60.9%; actual is 84.1%, +23.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which CYPRESS WOODS H S is one.
The closest other public school is ROBISON EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CYPRESS WOODS H S. On composite proficiency, CYPRESS WOODS H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.
CYPRESS WOODS H S operates from a residential location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CYPRESS WOODS H S has changed only slightly, going from 3,548 students in 2018 to 3,469 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 51% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.
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