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Enrollment
1,135
Elementary
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611010731
Keith Elementary School
20550 FAIRFIELD GREEN, CYPRESS, TX 77433 · (281) 213-1744 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,135 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
316 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 153 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 176 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 169 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 170 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 198 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 214 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (214).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 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 | 58.0% | 25.0% | 11.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 34.0% | 18.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 64.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Keith Elementary School
Keith Elementary School's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Elementary School this school | 1,135 | 27.8% | 70.0% |
| Bryant Elementary School BROOKSHIRE | 1,194 | 28.5% | 65.3% |
| Snyder Elementary School SPRING | 859 | 25.1% | 65.5% |
| Judge James C Adolphus Elementary School RICHMOND | 1,025 | 32.4% | 68.5% |
| Sumeer Elememtary MELISSA | 962 | 24.0% | 60.1% |
| Wolf Ranch Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 869 | 22.2% | 47.2% |
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 Keith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #314 of 4,401 | #40 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #456 of 4,466 ▲ 11 | #47 of 625 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #157 of 4,466 ▲ 65 | #25 of 625 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,752 of 3,998 | #434 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,135 | #39 of 4,938 | #14 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #4,009 of 4,622 | #556 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #227 of 4,628 | #30 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #4,275 of 4,789 | #631 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #699 of 1,307 | #67 of 148 |
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
1,135
+47 (+4%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,135 | 65.5 | 17.3:1 | 28% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 1,140 | 69.5 | 16.4:1 | 29% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 1,161 | 69.8 | 16.6:1 | 27% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 1,088 | 64 | 17.0:1 | 23% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 1,019 | 53.5 | 19.1:1 | 19% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 1,137 | 61 | 18.6:1 | 15% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 832 | 49 | 17.0:1 | 10% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,019 to 1,135); teachers up 22% (53.5 to 65.5).
About Keith Elementary School
Keith Elementary School operates as a large elementary school in CYPRESS, Texas. Enrollment totals 1,135 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD has 92 schools and 117,927 students, and Keith Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Keith Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 15% Black, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
For every teacher at Keith Elementary School, there are about 17.3 students; the school has 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. There are 316 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 28% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Test results at Keith Elementary School are 8.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (70.0% actual, 61.8% predicted).
In Harris County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Keith Elementary School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Ault Elementary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Keith Elementary School. By average proficiency, Keith Elementary School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns Keith Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 4% across 4 years, from 1,088 in 2020-21 to 1,135 in 2024-25.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Jersey Village High SchoolHigh · 3,323 students
- Cypress Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,222 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
Other schools in CYPRESS
- Bridgeland High SchoolHigh · 3,707 students
- Cypress Woods High SchoolHigh · 3,469 students
- Cypress Ranch High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Cy-Fair High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Cypress Park High SchoolHigh · 3,117 students
- Cypress Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,800 students
Other Keith Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Keith Elementary. Keith Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Keith Elementary SchoolWEST BLOOMFIELD, MI · 542 students
Nearby schools
- Ault Elementary School0.7 mi · 930
- Salyards Middle School0.7 mi · 1,413
- Swenke Elementary School0.9 mi · 892
- Bryan Lowe Elementary School2.7 mi · 839
- West Elementary School3.0 mi · 740
- Pope Elementary School3.3 mi · 997
Frequently asked questions
About Keith Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Keith Elementary School?
Keith Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,135 students in grades PK-05.
Is Keith Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Keith Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Keith Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Keith Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Keith Elementary School?
At Keith Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Keith Elementary School public or private?
Keith Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.