FARNEY EL

FARNEY EL, a sprawling primary school in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, educates 911 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 76% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 92 schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD (117,927 students total), FARNEY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, FARNEY EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 31% White, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, FARNEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 60.9%, a residual of +7.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Harris County shows 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), FARNEY EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GOODSON MIDDLE, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FARNEY EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 1,082 students in 2018 compared to 911 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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