Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD·NCES 482769003107
Little Cypress Intermediate School
2300 ALLIE PAYNE, ORANGE, TX 77632 · (409) 886-4245 · Orange County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
198 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 4 | 183 | 53% |
| Grade 5 | 161 | 47% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 20.0% | 23.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Little Cypress Intermediate School
Little Cypress Intermediate School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Cypress Intermediate School this school | 344 | 57.6% | 36.4% |
| Hooks Elementary School HOOKS | 323 | 62.5% | 58.0% |
| Frankston Elementary School FRANKSTON | 381 | 56.7% | 56.4% |
| Bowie Primary School SULPHUR SPRINGS | 295 | 61.0% | 47.3% |
| Grapeland Elementary School GRAPELAND | 325 | 52.6% | 36.9% |
| Hawkins Elementary School HAWKINS | 378 | 59.8% | 41.3% |
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 Little Cypress Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,011 of 4,401 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,678 of 4,466 ▼ 706 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,771 of 4,466 ▼ 1,614 | #8 of 9 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #2,009 of 3,998 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #3,911 of 4,938 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #691 of 4,622 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #2,543 of 4,628 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #3,242 of 4,789 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.8% | #479 of 1,307 | #2 of 7 |
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
344
+73 (+27%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 344 | 26.9 | 12.8:1 | 58% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 25.9 | 12.2:1 | 64% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 23.8 | 13.2:1 | 53% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 55% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 25.4 | 11.5:1 | 63% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 24 | 12.4:1 | 36% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 44% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 319 | 21 | 15.2:1 | 23% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 19 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Cypress Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (292 to 344); teachers up 6% (25.4 to 26.9).
About Little Cypress Intermediate School
Among the schools in ORANGE, Texas, is Little Cypress Intermediate School, a small elementary school. Its 344 students are spread across grades 4 through 5. The school's enrollment is 34% smaller than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD has a total of 6 schools and 3,320 students, Little Cypress Intermediate School among them.
At Little Cypress Intermediate School, White students make up 69% of the student body. After that, the student body is 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Orange County is about 79% White. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Little Cypress Intermediate School employs 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Little Cypress Intermediate School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 58%. That tracks the 56% average for public schools in Orange County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.1% for Little Cypress Intermediate School. The school posts 36.4%, 12.7 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Orange County this way: the median household income is $72,104, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Orange County has 25 public schools and roughly 15,100 students.
The nearest other public school, Little Cypress Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Little Cypress Intermediate School ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Little Cypress Intermediate School's enrollment climbed from 271 in 2020-21 to 344 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 12.8:1, from 11.3:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,307
Census ACS
Median income
$72,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
15,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD
- Lit Cypr-Mrceville High SchoolHigh · 1,001 students
- Little Cypress Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- Little Cypress Junior High SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Mauriceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
- Mauriceville Middle SchoolMiddle · 272 students
Other schools in ORANGE
- West Orange-Stark Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Lit Cypr-Mrceville High SchoolHigh · 1,001 students
- Little Cypress Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- West Orange-Stark High SchoolHigh · 659 students
- Little Cypress Junior High SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Mauriceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Little Cypress Elementary School0.1 mi · 673
- Little Cypress Junior High School0.7 mi · 523
- Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School1.5 mi · 1,001
- West Orange-Stark Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,133
- Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies - Orange2.6 mi · 85
- M B North E C Lrn Center2.6 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Little Cypress Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Little Cypress Intermediate School?
Little Cypress Intermediate School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades 04-05.
Is Little Cypress Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Little Cypress Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Little Cypress Intermediate School have?
Little Cypress Intermediate School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Little Cypress Intermediate School?
At Little Cypress Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Little Cypress Intermediate School public or private?
Little Cypress Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD.
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