Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
Location
10300 Jones Rd. Houston, TX 77065-4208 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	December 1939
Staff	12,663 [1]
Faculty	6,725 [1]
Grades	Pre-K - 12
Number of students	113,689 (as of 2015)
Website	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Instructional Support Center, headquarters of CFISD

The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD, often referred to as Cy-Fair) is an independent school district in northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. Cy-Fair ISD is the largest Recognised school district in the state of Texas with 75 out of 78 campuses receiving an 'Exemplary' or 'Recognized' rating by the Texas Education Agency in 2010.^[2]

The district covers a small portion of Houston (including the Fairbanks section), the city of Jersey Village, and other unincorporated areas in Harris County (including Cypress).^[3][4] The district covers 188 square miles (490 km²) of land.

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD is part of the taxation base for Lone Star College System (formerly North Harris Montgomery Community College District).^[5]

As of August 2015, the district had 87 general-purpose campuses (fifty-four elementary schools, eighteen middle schools, eleven high schools, and four special program facilities).

History

The first official classes in the area were held in a church. However, in 1884, local residents built a one-room house on donated land.^[6] In 1939, an election was held in which voters in the Cypress and Fairbanks school systems approved the creation of the Cypress-Fairbanks Consolidated School District; the measure passed by a vote of 129-66 in Cypress and 90-87 in Fairbanks.^[7]

The two individuals most frequently credited for the creation of Cypress-Fairbanks Consolidated School District (CSD was changed to ISD in the early 1960s) were Trustee J. F. Bane, of the Fairbanks school system, and Superintendent E. A. Millsap (1932-1942), of the Cypress school system.^[7]

Since 2006, Children at Risk, a non-profit organisation based in Houston, publishes its "Annual School Rankings" which ranks Houston metropolitan area schools using a formula going beyond the state’s school accountability system, using traditional indicators such as whether students passed state exams, drop-out and graduation rates along with less commonly used indicators such as counseling and poverty intervention.^[8] In 2012, Children at Risk evaluated and ranked 150 high schools in the greater Houston area and 8 CyFair-ISD high schools (out of a total of 10) appeared in the rankings.^[9] Additionally, Cypress Ridge High School ranked fifth among Greater Houston’s Best Urban, Comprehensive High Schools.

Statistics

By the 2006-2007 school year, the district was the third largest in Texas with more than 70 campuses and 100,603 students.^[7]

In the 2010-2011 school year the district had over 106,000 students. Of them, 42.5% were Hispanic, 31% were White, 15.5% were Black, 8% were Asian, and others included Native Americans and people of two or more races.^[10]

Transportation

In 2009, in the midst of budget deficits caused by decreased state funding, the board voted to only have school bus services for a resident who lives more than two miles from his or her school, as opposed to having service for residents living more than one mile away. Activity (late) bus service was also discontinued for most CFISD schools.^[11] Bus service continued and was expanded to accommodate student mothers, delivering mothers and their children to schools and district funded daycares on campus. If a student has to cross a major street then bus service is available even if the student lives within 2 miles of the school. Starting in the beginning of 2013-2014 school year, activity (late) bus service are back for most CFISD schools and in the 2014 CFISD Bond, the board voted to bring back school bus services for residents living more than one mile away starting in the 2014-2015 school year.^[12]

Schools

Elementary schools

Owens Elementary School

E. S. Post Elementary School (Under construction)

Adam André Ault Bane Bang (Houston) Birkes Black Copeland Danish Duryea Emery Emmott Farney Fiest National Blue Ribbon School in 1993-94 [13] Francone National Blue Ribbon School in 1991-92 [13] Frazier Gleason Hairgrove Hamilton Hancock Hemmenway Holbrook (Houston) Holmsley Horne Jowell Keith Kirk

Lamkin Lee Lieder Lowery National Blue Ribbon School in 1991-92 [13] Matzke McFee Metcalf Millsap Moore Owens National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-99 [13] Pope Post (Jersey Village) Postma Reed Rennell A. Robison M. Robinson Sampson Sheridan Swenke Tipps Walker Warner Willbern Wilson Woodard Yeager

Middle schools

Cook Middle School

Anthony Middle School Aragon Middle School Arnold Middle School National Blue Ribbon School in 1990-91 and 1997-98 [13] Bleyl Middle School National Blue Ribbon School in 1983-84 and 1990-91 [13] Campbell Middle School Cook Middle School Dean Middle School (Houston) Goodson Middle School Hamilton Middle School

Hopper Middle School Kahla Middle School Labay Middle School National Blue Ribbon School in 1988-89, 1992-93, and 1997-98 [13] Salyards Middle School Smith Middle School Spillane Middle School Thornton Middle School National Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000 [13] Truitt Middle School Watkins Middle School National Blue Ribbon School in 2001-02 [13]

High schools

Cy-Fair High School

Jersey Village High School

School	Location	Established	UIL Class
Cy-Fair High School	unincorporated area	1935[14]	AAAAAA
Jersey Village High School	Jersey Village	1972	AAAAAA
Cypress Creek High School	unincorporated area	1977	AAAAAA
Langham Creek High School	unincorporated area	1984	AAAAAA
Cypress Falls High School	unincorporated area	1992	AAAAAA
Cypress Springs High School	unincorporated area	1997	AAAAAA
Cypress Ridge High School	unincorporated area	2002	AAAAAA
Cypress Woods High School	unincorporated area	2006	AAAAAA
Cypress Ranch High School	unincorporated area	2008	AAAAAA
Cypress Lakes High School	unincorporated area	2008	AAAAAA
Cypress Park High School	unincorporated area	2016	AAAAAA
High School #12 (Name TBD)	unincorporated area	2017	AAAAAA
Windfern High School	unincorporated area	1995	N/A (alternative school)

Other Facilities

The Richard E. Berry Center

• Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center
• Ken Pridgeon Stadium

Cypress Fairbanks ISD television channel

Homes in the Cy-Fair ISD area get the Cy-Fair ISD channel on Comcast cable Channel 16. The channel also streams on the district's website.

See also

• List of school districts in Texas

References

1. "District Directory Information (2010-2011 school year)". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
2. "2010 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
3. "District Map." Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.
4. "Locate a Community Technology Center (CTC) in your Super Neighborhood!." City of Houston.
5. Tresaugue, Matthew. "North Harris Montgomery going for shorter name." Houston Chronicle. 1 Nov 2007.
6. "." Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
7. "History of CFISD." Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
8. "Methodology (2012)". CHILDREN AT RISK. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
9. Mellon, Ericka. "K-12 Journalist Houston Chronicle". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
10. Mellon, Ericka. "Cy-Fair ISD recruits Galena Park superintendent." Houston Chronicle. May 24, 2011.
11. Mellon, Ericka. "Tax break will cost Cy-Fair students." Houston Chronicle. August 3, 2009. Retrieved on August 5, 2009.
12. CFISD Bond Referendum Passes with Overwhelming Voter Support
13. Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
14. http://cyfair.cfisd.net/en/about/know-your-school/history/

External links

• Cy-Fair ISD website