BYRD EL

BYRD EL is a large elementary campus in CYPRESS, Texas, one of the schools within CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. The school enrolls 1,138 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 119% above the state mean of about 519.

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

On demographics, BYRD EL logs that 31% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 27% Black, 25% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 7% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, BYRD EL has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BYRD EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.6%; actual is 77.6%, +18.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. BYRD EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is POSTMA EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BYRD EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.1%.

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

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.