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LITTLE CYPRESS EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LITTLE CYPRESS EL
LITTLE CYPRESS EL is a mid-tier primary school in ORANGE, Texas, operated by LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD. The school works with 673 students in grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 30% larger than typical.
LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,320 students; LITTLE CYPRESS EL is among them.
Demographically, LITTLE CYPRESS EL records that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, LITTLE CYPRESS EL reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LITTLE CYPRESS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, LITTLE CYPRESS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.0%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,104, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. LITTLE CYPRESS EL is one of 25 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 15,100 students).
Nearest neighbor: LITTLE CYPRESS INT, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LITTLE CYPRESS EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LITTLE CYPRESS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.8%.
LITTLE CYPRESS EL operates from a town-center location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LITTLE CYPRESS EL has climbed 24%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 673 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 78% to 67%. Class-load math has grew: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.
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