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Houston, Texas - 89 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Cypress-Fairbanks Isd #957 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,232 per pupil, Cypress-Fairbanks Isd ranks #1086 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
118,010
Total Enrollment
89
Schools
$10,232
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cypress-Fairbanks Isd operates 89 public schools serving 118,010 students, placing it among the largest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 57 combined, 19 middle, 12 high, 1 elementary schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,232 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 56.0% local, 28.5% state, and 15.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 21/100, ranked #957 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 12 of 89 schools offering Advanced Placement (292 AP courses district-wide), a 435.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.9% Hispanic or Latino, 21.1% African American, 17.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cypress Ranch H S, with a diversity index of 76.3/100.
Its largest campus is Bridgeland H S, enrolling 3,707 students (3% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cypress-Fairbanks J J a E P, at 6 students, a 618x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cypress-Fairbanks Isd school enrollment varies 618× across entities
Cypress-Fairbanks Isd school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 3,707 students (highest), a spread of 3,701 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Cypress-Fairbanks Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Cypress-Fairbanks Isd student-counselor ratio is 436:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Cypress-Fairbanks Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 19.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Cypress-Fairbanks Isd is typically wider than the Cypress-Fairbanks Isd-aggregate figure suggests.