GOODSON MIDDLE

Set in CYPRESS, Texas, GOODSON MIDDLE is a sizable middle-grades school, one of the schools within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. It instructs 1,360 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 112% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD runs 92 schools in total, collectively educating 117,927 students. GOODSON MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Demographically, GOODSON MIDDLE shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 14% Asian, 4% multiracial. Compared to Harris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, GOODSON MIDDLE lists 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOODSON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.6%; this one delivers 66.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), GOODSON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FARNEY EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GOODSON MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOODSON MIDDLE has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,366 students in 2018 to 1,360 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 45% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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