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What's one thing CYPRESSWOOD EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
737
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771012216
Cypresswood Elementary School
6901 CYPRESSWOOD POINT AV, HUMBLE, TX 77338 · (281) 227-3370 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
588 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 146 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 161 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (146) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (161).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Cypresswood Elementary School
Cypresswood Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypresswood Elementary School this school | 737 | 79.8% | 28.3% |
| Walter Moses Burton Elementary School FRESNO | 668 | 77.2% | 29.5% |
| Jones Elementary School HUMBLE | 662 | 79.2% | 39.5% |
| River Pines Elementary School HUMBLE | 743 | 81.6% | 27.8% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Elementary School LANCASTER | 737 | 84.8% | 17.4% |
| Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology-Houston HOUSTON | 742 | 75.1% | 50.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Cypresswood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #3,810 of 4,401 | #552 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,179 of 4,466 ▲ 441 | #469 of 625 ▲ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,206 of 4,466 ▲ 62 | #447 of 625 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,436 of 3,998 | #226 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #704 of 4,938 | #197 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,740 of 4,622 | #510 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #1,726 of 4,628 | #223 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #1,971 of 4,789 | #407 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #1,629 of 2,838 | #283 of 441 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
737
-104 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 737 | 44.1 | 16.7:1 | 80% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 42.2 | 17.5:1 | 85% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 767 | 31.9 | 24.0:1 | 88% (672) |
| 2020-21 | 841 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 88% (743) |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 55 | 15.7:1 | 81% (698) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 70% (623) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cypresswood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (863 to 737); teachers down 20% (55 to 44.1).
About Cypresswood Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in HUMBLE, Texas, Cypresswood Elementary School is part of ALDINE ISD. Enrollment stands at 737 students, covering grades 1 through 5. It has 42% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Cypresswood Elementary School is one of 76 schools in ALDINE ISD, which enrolls 56,419 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Cypresswood Elementary School is 51% Hispanic. Next come 41% Black and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
On staff are 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. About 80% of students at Cypresswood Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cypresswood Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Texas public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cypresswood Elementary School is 11.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 28.3%. Predicted: 39.6%.
In Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Cypresswood Elementary School.
Anderson Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Cypresswood Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 28.7%; Cypresswood Elementary School's is 28.3%, ranking 3rd of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Cypresswood Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Cypresswood Elementary School enrolled 841 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 737.
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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 ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
Other schools in HUMBLE
- Atascocita High SchoolHigh · 3,696 students
- Humble High SchoolHigh · 2,960 students
- West Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,486 students
- Humble Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,264 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,235 students
- Autumn Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,233 students
Nearby schools
- Anderson Elementary School1.1 mi · 635
- Jones Elementary School1.2 mi · 662
- Jones Ec/PK/K1.3 mi · 756
- Teague Middle School2.3 mi · 550
- Dueitt Middle School2.4 mi · 720
- Magrill Ec/PK/K2.4 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Cypresswood Elementary SchoolHow large is Cypresswood Elementary School?
Cypresswood Elementary School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 01-05.
Is Cypresswood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cypresswood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Cypresswood Elementary School have?
Cypresswood Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Cypresswood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cypresswood Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 51% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Cypresswood Elementary School in?
Cypresswood Elementary School is part of ALDINE ISD.
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