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Enrollment
753
Elementary
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD·NCES 481611011257
Postma Elementary School
18425 W RD, CYPRESS, TX 77433 · (281) 345-3660 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
369 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 | 65 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
76%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
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 25.0% | 21.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 68.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 62.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Postma Elementary School
Postma Elementary School's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postma Elementary School this school | 753 | 49.0% | 61.1% |
| Harper Elementary School PRINCETON | 642 | 49.8% | 48.4% |
| Manford Williams Elementary School RICHMOND | 683 | 47.4% | 66.5% |
| Cora Thomas Elementary School RICHMOND | 678 | 46.2% | 55.1% |
| Robert B Sewell Elementary School SACHSE | 709 | 49.1% | 47.5% |
| Phelan Elementary School RICHMOND | 743 | 46.8% | 47.0% |
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 Postma Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #707 of 4,401 | #76 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,209 of 4,466 ▲ 145 | #146 of 625 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #821 of 4,466 ▼ 89 | #88 of 625 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #699 of 3,998 | #90 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #624 of 4,938 | #174 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,300 of 4,622 | #305 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #59 of 4,628 | #3 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #3,621 of 4,789 | #567 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #1,800 of 2,838 | #309 of 441 |
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
753
-327 (-30%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 753 | 50.7 | 14.8:1 | 49% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 1,160 | 71.3 | 16.3:1 | 46% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 1,247 | 69.5 | 17.9:1 | 45% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 1,080 | 61 | 17.7:1 | 38% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 45.6 | 18.9:1 | 35% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 1,094 | 56 | 19.5:1 | 27% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 31% (239) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Postma Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (862 to 753); teachers up 11% (45.6 to 50.7).
About Postma Elementary School
Postma Elementary School is an elementary school in CYPRESS, Texas, according to federal school records. Enrolled students number 753 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 45% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD is the local district for Postma Elementary School. It runs 92 schools with 117,927 students.
Postma Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 31%. Other students are 26% Black, 21% White, 16% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. Postma Elementary School has a diversity index of 76%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Postma Elementary School total 50.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. The school counts 369 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 49%. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 21 points higher.
On BeatsExpectations, Postma Elementary School is 8.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Census estimates describe Harris County this way: median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
Nearby, Byrd Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.9%; Postma Elementary School's is 61.1%, ranking 4th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Postma Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,080 in 2020-21 and 753 in 2024-25, a decrease of 327 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.8:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Byrd Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,138
- Rennell Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,260
- Andre Elementary School1.3 mi · 1,014
- Anthony Middle School1.3 mi · 1,442
- Cypress Springs High School1.5 mi · 2,800
- Hopper Middle School1.7 mi · 873
Frequently asked questions
About Postma Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Postma Elementary School?
Postma Elementary School enrolls approximately 753 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Postma Elementary School serve?
Postma Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Postma Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Postma Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Postma Elementary School?
Postma Elementary School reports a student body of 21% White, 31% Hispanic, 26% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Postma Elementary School in?
Postma Elementary School is part of CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD.
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