POSTMA EL

Set in CYPRESS, Texas, POSTMA EL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD. It instructs 753 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so POSTMA EL sits 45% larger than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, POSTMA EL shows that 31% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 26% Black, 21% White, 16% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, POSTMA EL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, POSTMA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of +9.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, 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), POSTMA EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BYRD EL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POSTMA EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POSTMA EL has declined 13%, going from 862 students in 2018 to 753 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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