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Lieder Elementary

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Lieder Elementary ranks 3289 th of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

3289^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 29% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Lieder Elementary in Houston, TX, is a PK-5 campus within the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd) serving 742 students in a densely populated area near the Katy border. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom third of Texas elementary schools, with its most recent ranking placing it in the 29th percentile statewide, and it serves a high-poverty population where over 86% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, Lieder faces significant challenges, particularly in mathematics, where proficiency rates are roughly 15-20 percentage points below district averages across all tested grades. For example, 4th-grade math proficiency stands at 32.43%, compared to 56.07% at nearby Holmsley Elementary and 40.44% at Tipps Elementary. The school is also dramatically outperformed by the nearby charter school Harmony School Of Achievement - Houston, which serves a similar demographic but achieves nearly double the proficiency rates in most subjects. While reading scores are a relative strength, they still fall short of state averages, and the school has seen a sharp decline in performance over the last two years after a period of slight improvement.

On a positive note, Lieder has shown remarkable improvement in supporting its English Language Learner (ELL) students, with their statewide ranking soaring from the 13th percentile to the 67th percentile in recent years. However, this success has not been replicated for Special Education students, who rank in the 19th percentile. The school's per-student spending is in the middle of the pack compared to its peers, suggesting that instructional and programmatic factors, rather than funding alone, may be driving its challenges. Understanding the successful strategies used for ELL students and applying similar targeted interventions to math instruction and Special Education support could be key to improving overall outcomes.

742

Students ?

12.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,747

Per pupil spending ?

86.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

17003 Kieth Harrow Blvd
Houston, TX 77084-2510

(281) 463-5928

District: Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Lieder Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Watkins Middle
High:	Cypress Lakes High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.4%

African American:

11.7%

White:

5.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 30th percentile in 2016 → 29th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (40% vs 51% meeting standards)

!Mathematics scores 15 pts below the Texas average

!Near the bottom of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)'s ranking

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school40%

District avg56%

Texas avg51%

3,289^th of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 29%▼ down 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

49^th of 58Elementary Schools in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)

320^th of 951Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	32.0	3289 of 4627	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	41.7	2659 of 4651	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.5	3312 of 4710	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.9	3347 of 4647	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.9	3188 of 4581	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.2	2777 of 4578	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.7	2709 of 4479	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.1	2793 of 4359	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	38.3	2636 of 4329	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.2	2997 of 4286	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	36.3	3049 of 4320	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	49.0	2395 of 4260	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	45.3	2580 of 4221	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	56.7	1885 of 4206	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2011	58.4	1914 of 4095	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2010	59.3	1810 of 3937	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	63.9	1491 of 3884	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2008	58.7	1736 of 3768	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2007	39.4	2704 of 3724	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	46.9	2195 of 3476	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	67.1	1152 of 3475	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2004	55.7	1714 of 3465	50.5%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	45.8	1248 of 2406	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.5	1859 of 2443	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.9	1296 of 2443	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.3	1297 of 2421	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	53.1	944 of 2444	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.4	1452 of 2515	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	19.8	2259 of 2483	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	41.4	715 of 999	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	45.9	683 of 1045	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.2	704 of 1015	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.1	595 of 957	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.1	657 of 967	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.7	415 of 1009	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.7	358 of 1005	64.4%	★★★☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	55.8	1699 of 4461	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.7	1399 of 4331	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.0	1273 of 4295	70.4%	★★★★☆
2018	50.9	1871 of 4240	55.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	60.3	542 of 1643	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.7	1944 of 3668	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.9	3109 of 3556	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	2718 of 3487	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.4	2466 of 3446	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	3196 of 3333	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	2734 of 3226	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	32.4	3294 of 4575	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.4	3207 of 4658	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.3	3647 of 4588	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.7	3375 of 4561	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	43.5	2389 of 4499	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.0	2669 of 4348	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.1	2617 of 4306	39.2%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	62.6	1285 of 3075	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.8	1209 of 3106	61.1%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	34.3	3166 of 4413	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.2	2830 of 4465	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.9	3279 of 4401	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.6	3243 of 4376	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.3	2686 of 4329	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.5	2599 of 4188	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.9	2721 of 4168	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	42.2	2689 of 4520	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.9	2494 of 4594	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.7	2884 of 4521	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.8	2774 of 4477	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.7	2412 of 4451	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.1	2195 of 4309	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.3	2338 of 4264	45.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	33.4	3214 of 4582	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.6	2908 of 4647	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.8	2962 of 4585	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.3	2975 of 4563	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.9	3188 of 4498	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.6	2623 of 4357	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.3	3023 of 4319	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2018	40.4	677 of 1046	35.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	28.2	3489 of 4301	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.6	2551 of 4292	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.3	2607 of 4086	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.8	2820 of 3952	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.1	2253 of 3799	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.4	2393 of 3684	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.2	2144 of 3558	39.7%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	51.1	1564 of 3108	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.2	1902 of 3106	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.5	2055 of 3082	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.6	2683 of 3082	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	56.5	1308 of 3142	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.0	1395 of 3127	55.4%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)67th percentile+38 vs school

At Risk (2022)62nd percentile+32 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)58th percentile+29 vs school

White (2024)50th percentile+20 vs school

African American (2026)48th percentile+19 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)41st percentile+12 vs school

Multi-racial (2018)35th percentile~ school

Male (2026)30th percentile~ school

Asian (2026)28th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)28th percentile~ school

Female (2026)28th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)19th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Reading48%-6 vs state

Mathematics33%-15 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)		STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Lieder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17003 Kieth Harrow Blvd	Houston	77084	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5928	742	57	12.9	86.1%	41 (5.5%)	87 (11.7%)	552 (74.4%)	38 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	32	3289^th of 4627 public elementary schools	28.9%		41.7	2659^th of 4651 public elementary schools	42.8%	630						44.4	45.1	54.3	31.3	32.4	33.6	$9,747
Tipps Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5611 Queenston Blvd	Houston	77084	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 345-3350	980	61	16.1	90.2%	34 (3.5%)	180 (18.4%)	693 (70.7%)	41 (4.2%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (2.9%)	26	3692^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	20.2%		30.3	3408^th of 4651 public elementary schools	26.7%	284						31.6	36.0	45.3	25.0	40.4	42.5	$8,309
Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	18015 Kieth Harrow Blvd	Houston	77084	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5941	756	48	15.8	67.6%	98 (13.0%)	151 (20.0%)	349 (46.2%)	109 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.5%)	57.1	1754^th of 4627 public elementary schools	62.1%		44	2499^th of 4651 public elementary schools	46.3%	745						62.6	62.2	62.7	37.0	45.1	43.2	$8,805
Harmony School Of Achievement - Houston	Public, Charter	K-5	16209 Keith Harrow Blvd	Houston	77084	Harris County	Harmony Public Schools - Houston North	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 855-2500	694	38	18.3	70.9%	111 (16.0%)	176 (25.4%)	258 (37.2%)	120 (17.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.7%)	84.4	597^th of 4627 public elementary schools	87.1%		88.1	448^th of 4651 public elementary schools	90.4%	149						55.9	73.2	73.6	59.5	73.2	71.6	$10,562
Metcalf Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6100 Queenston	Houston	77084	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 856-1152	855	56	15.2	83.6%	50 (5.8%)	174 (20.4%)	527 (61.6%)	66 (7.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.0%)	41.9	2596^th of 4627 public elementary schools	43.9%		33.8	3206^th of 4651 public elementary schools	31.1%	610						47.2	51.2	58.3	35.7	36.6	40.8	$8,451
Bear Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4815 Hickory Downs Dr	Houston	77084	Harris County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 237-5606	631	55	11.4	79.2%	57 (9.0%)	91 (14.4%)	461 (73.1%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.5%)	38	2887^th of 4627 public elementary schools	37.6%		38.9	2847^th of 4651 public elementary schools	38.8%	40	34.6	52.9	0.0	40.0	50.0	49.3	41.5	53.6	41.5	33.3	40.2	$11,919
Horne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14950 W Little York Rd	Houston	77084	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5954	908	58	15.5	83.5%	54 (5.9%)	153 (16.9%)	619 (68.2%)	46 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.9%)	31.7	3322^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	28.2%		33.3	3241^st of 4651 public elementary schools	30.3%	81						48.0	45.2	50.5	28.0	34.9	33.3	$8,780
Jean & Betty Schmalz Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	18605 Green Land Way	Houston	77084	Harris County	Katy Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 237-4500	1,172	98	12.0	78.5%	108 (9.2%)	314 (26.8%)	624 (53.2%)	55 (4.7%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (5.6%)	35.2	3074^th of 4627 public elementary schools	33.6%		46.6	2341^st of 4651 public elementary schools	49.7%	733		57.1				37.5	45.1	55.2	24.1	45.7	42.0	$10,079
Holmsley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7315 Hudson Oaks Dr	Houston	77095	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5885	785	57	13.8	80.0%	68 (8.7%)	106 (13.5%)	543 (69.2%)	34 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.2%)	51	2066^th of 4627 public elementary schools	55.3%		49	2196^th of 4651 public elementary schools	52.8%	130						51.8	58.9	52.1	43.8	56.1	34.2	$9,931
McFee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	19315 Plantation Cove Ln	Katy	77449	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 463-5380	961	63	15.2	83.2%	48 (5.0%)	293 (30.5%)	548 (57.0%)	31 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.2%)	38.2	2879^th of 4627 public elementary schools	37.8%		38.9	2846^th of 4651 public elementary schools	38.8%	33						43.2	42.8	62.2	47.5	39.0	17.5	$7,853

Frequently Asked Questions about Lieder Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Lieder Elementary?

Students at Lieder Elementary are 74% Hispanic, 12% African American, 6% White, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Is Lieder Elementary a good school?

Lieder Elementary ranks 3289^th of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Lieder Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 742 students attended Lieder Elementary.

What district is Lieder Elementary in?

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)

What schools do graduates of Lieder Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lieder Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Watkins Middle
High : Cypress Lakes High School

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