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Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Texas

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Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

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Houston, Texas
District details
Superintendent: Mark Henry
# of school board members: 7
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Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District is a school district in Texas.

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Superintendent

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Mark Henry is the superintendent of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Henry was appointed superintendent in 2011. Henry's previous career experience includes working as the superintendent of the Galena Park Independent School District. He first became a superintendent of schools in 1991.[1]

School board

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District school board consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. All board members are elected at large by position.[2]

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Elections

See also: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD elections in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, & 2025

Members of the board are elected biennially in November to overlapping four-year terms.[2]

Three seats on the board are up for general election on November 4, 2025. The filing deadline is August 18, 2025.

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Public participation in board meetings

The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District board of trustees maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[3]

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $186,059,000 $1,620 13%
Local: $788,347,000 $6,862 57%
State: $417,466,000 $3,634 30%
Total: $1,391,872,000 $12,116
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $1,582,191,000 $13,772
Total Current Expenditures: $1,158,150,000 $10,081
Instructional Expenditures: $760,195,000 $6,617 48%
Student and Staff Support: $103,514,000 $901 7%
Administration: $97,291,000 $846 6%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $197,150,000 $1,716 12%
Total Capital Outlay: $297,957,000 $2,593
Construction: $232,555,000 $2,024
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $7,083,000 $61
Interest on Debt: $118,797,000 $1,034

Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year Minimum Maximum
2023-2024[5] $62,000 $87,895
2020[6] $56,000 $81,383

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[7]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 45 76 29 36 33 52 65
2018-2019 57 85 43 50 44 65 73
2017-2018 56 85 42 49 43 65 72
2016-2017 85 96 77 82 81 89 93
2015-2016 82 95 73 78 70-74 87 92
2014-2015 81 95 71 77 75-79 87 91
2013-2014 85 96 77 81 80-84 89 92
2012-2013 85 95 75 82 80-84 89 93
2011-2012 89 97 81 86 85-89 92 95
2010-2011 88 96 78 84 80-84 94

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 52 73 40 45 42 61 68
2018-2019 54 76 43 47 41 65 71
2017-2018 53 75 41 45 39 64 70
2016-2017 80 91 72 75 73 87 90
2015-2016 80 91 73 75 69 87 90
2014-2015 82 91 75 77 73 89 91
2013-2014 82 92 75 77 75-79 89 92
2012-2013 85 92 78 80 81 92 93
2011-2012 93 97 89 91 90-94 97 97
2010-2011 92 96 88 88 90-94 96

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2018-2019 93 98 89 91 80-89 >=95 95
2017-2018 93 98 89 92 >=90 90-94 95
2016-2017 93 98 91 91 80-89 90-94 95
2015-2016 92 97 88 90 80-89 90-94 96
2014-2015 92 96 88 90 70-79 >=95 95
2013-2014 91 96 88 88 70-79 90-94 95
2012-2013 91 96 85 88 >=80 90-94 94
2011-2012 90 97 87 86 60-79 >=95 94
2010-2011 90 97 85 87 >=50 >=95 94

Students

Staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District had 7,842.86 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 15.05.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 236.58
Kindergarten: 516.48
Elementary: 3,084.78
Secondary: 3,851.75
Total: 7,842.86

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District employed 241.58 district administrators and 727.32 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 241.58
District Administrative Support: 239.46
School Administrators: 727.32
School Administrative Support: 404.07
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 2,088.84
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 17.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 256.36
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 70.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 560.20
Other Support Services: 3,207.26

Schools

The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District operates 93 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

Contact information

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Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
11440 Matzke Rd.
Cypress, TX 77429
Phone: 281-897-4000

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, "About Our Superintendent," accessed March 19, 2021
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cyprus-Fairbanks Independent School District, "Board Members - Elections," accessed March 19, 2021
  3. ↑ Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, "Board Meetings - Public Participation," accessed January 18, 2024
  4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
  5. ↑ Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, "Teacher Hiring Schedule," accessed February 2, 2024
  6. ↑ Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, "Teacher Hiring Schedule," accessed March 19, 2021
  7. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021

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