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Farney Elementary

Q: Is Farney Elementary a good school?

Farney Elementary ranks 642 nd of 4651 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

642^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 86% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Farney Elementary is a public elementary school in Houston, Texas, serving 916 students in grades PK-5. It is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD), which is ranked 321 out of 961 school districts in Texas and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Farney Elementary has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, with its highest ranking being 398 out of 4,581 Texas elementary schools in the 2021-2022 school year. The school outperforms the CFISD and Texas state averages in STAAR test scores across multiple grade levels and subject areas, including 77.38% 4th-grade reading proficiency, 67.92% 5th-grade math proficiency, and 56.25% 5th-grade science proficiency, all significantly higher than the district and state averages. Farney's performance is also strong across various student subgroups, with several ranking in the top quartile of Texas elementary schools.

Compared to nearby schools within the CFISD, Farney Elementary's performance is generally stronger, with the exception of Sampson Elementary, which consistently ranks among the top 3% of Texas elementary schools. Other high-performing schools in the area include Hamilton Elementary, Pope Elementary, and Robison Elementary, all of which rank in the top 10-15% of Texas elementary schools. Despite having a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, Farney Elementary's academic performance remains strong, suggesting effective strategies in supporting students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

911

Students ?

15.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,185

Per pupil spending ?

47.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

14425 Barker Cypress
Houston, TX 77429

(281) 373-2850

District: Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Farney Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Goodson Middle
High:	Cypress Woods High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

35.1%

White:

30.5%

African American:

15.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 91st percentile in 2022 → 86th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Texas average (65% vs 47% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of Texas elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 91st-percentile peak (2022) to 86th (2025)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school65%

District avg54%

Texas avg47%

642^nd of 4,651

Texas public elementary schools ?

Top 14%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From top 20% (2015) to top 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 57Elementary Schools in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)

321^st of 961Cypress-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
2025	83.1	642 of 4651	86.2%	★★★★☆
2024	81.7	692 of 4710	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	81.3	711 of 4647	84.7%	★★★★☆
2022	88.8	398 of 4581	91.3%	★★★★★
2021	87.8	479 of 4578	89.5%	★★★★☆
2019	85.9	484 of 4479	89.2%	★★★★☆
2018	84.5	540 of 4359	87.6%	★★★★☆
2017	86.1	506 of 4329	88.3%	★★★★☆
2016	78.4	828 of 4286	80.7%	★★★★☆
2015	77.5	879 of 4320	79.7%	★★★★☆
2014	80.8	678 of 4260	84.1%	★★★★☆
2013	83.4	501 of 4221	88.1%	★★★★☆
2012	83.7	478 of 4206	88.6%	★★★★☆
2011	73.2	959 of 4095	76.6%	★★★★☆
2010	71.7	1002 of 3937	74.5%	★★★★☆
2009	70.8	1046 of 3884	73.1%	★★★★☆
2008	72.6	896 of 3768	76.2%	★★★★☆
2007	70.5	1043 of 3724	72.0%	★★★★☆
2006	75.5	676 of 3476	80.6%	★★★★☆
2005	76.4	628 of 3475	81.9%	★★★★☆
2004	79.5	439 of 3465	87.3%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	68.0	537 of 2443	78.0%	★★★★☆
2023	62.8	685 of 2443	72.0%	★★★★☆
2022	81.3	232 of 2421	90.4%	★★★★★
2021	78.0	277 of 2444	88.7%	★★★★☆
2019	91.1	108 of 2515	95.7%	★★★★★
2018	78.2	305 of 2483	87.7%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	59.9	471 of 1045	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.0	451 of 1015	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	70.7	230 of 957	76.0%	★★★★☆
2021	66.1	307 of 967	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.9	315 of 1009	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.7	369 of 1005	63.3%	★★★☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	89.7	187 of 4461	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	91.4	144 of 4331	96.7%	★★★★★
2019	71.4	724 of 4295	83.1%	★★★★☆
2018	59.4	1351 of 4240	68.1%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	88.3	262 of 3668	92.9%	★★★★★
2023	64.1	969 of 3556	72.8%	★★★★☆
2022	55.3	1347 of 3487	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.0	1032 of 3446	70.1%	★★★★☆
2019	32.0	2561 of 3333	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	46.3	1685 of 3226	47.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	80.1	687 of 4658	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	79.4	721 of 4588	84.3%	★★★★☆
2022	89.1	315 of 4561	93.1%	★★★★★
2021	85.4	514 of 4499	88.6%	★★★★☆
2019	85.3	448 of 4348	89.7%	★★★★☆
2018	85.6	455 of 4306	89.4%	★★★★☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2023	73.5	505 of 2980	83.1%	★★★★☆
2022	77.0	242 of 2958	91.8%	★★★★★
2021	77.0	532 of 3006	82.3%	★★★★☆
2019	76.0	306 of 3184	90.4%	★★★★★
2018	72.5	686 of 3106	77.9%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	76.6	658 of 4465	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	77.6	622 of 4401	85.9%	★★★★☆
2022	84.5	374 of 4376	91.5%	★★★★★
2021	85.8	333 of 4329	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	75.8	621 of 4188	85.2%	★★★★☆
2018	86.5	292 of 4168	93.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	84.6	314 of 4594	93.2%	★★★★★
2023	78.0	529 of 4521	88.3%	★★★★☆
2022	90.0	173 of 4477	96.1%	★★★★★
2021	86.7	229 of 4451	94.9%	★★★★★
2019	79.7	411 of 4309	90.5%	★★★★★
2018	80.8	411 of 4264	90.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	81.8	620 of 4647	86.7%	★★★★☆
2023	80.0	712 of 4585	84.5%	★★★★☆
2022	84.2	547 of 4563	88.0%	★★★★☆
2021	86.9	460 of 4498	89.8%	★★★★☆
2019	83.5	527 of 4357	87.9%	★★★★☆
2018	80.8	626 of 4319	85.5%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	72.5	245 of 1128	78.3%	★★★★☆
2023	71.2	266 of 1099	75.8%	★★★★☆
2019	77.8	174 of 1112	84.4%	★★★★☆
2018	59.9	400 of 1046	61.8%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	81.8	382 of 4292	91.1%	★★★★★
2023	72.5	600 of 4086	85.3%	★★★★☆
2022	79.1	394 of 3952	90.0%	★★★★★
2021	74.3	459 of 3799	87.9%	★★★★☆
2019	51.1	1360 of 3684	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.1	992 of 3558	72.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	77.5	476 of 3108	84.7%	★★★★☆
2023	74.4	619 of 3106	80.1%	★★★★☆
2022	79.3	395 of 3082	87.2%	★★★★☆
2021	71.5	688 of 3082	77.7%	★★★★☆
2019	74.3	605 of 3142	80.7%	★★★★☆
2018	70.6	758 of 3127	75.8%	★★★★☆

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)

At Risk (2022)96th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)93rd percentile+8 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)93rd percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2024)91st percentile+6 vs school

Male (2024)87th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2024)85th percentile~ school

Female (2024)85th percentile~ school

White (2024)85th percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2023)83rd percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2024)78th percentile-7 vs school

African American (2024)78th percentile-7 vs school

Asian (2024)55th percentile-30 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Reading69%+15 vs state

Mathematics64%+18 vs state

Science56%+27 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Farney Elementary, is below average because of the following reasons observed by ten different parents from various cultural background, and former students who requested to be transferred to a different school.

Teacher's staff, should reflex the student body and become more culturally diverse and attend training to understand various cultural background which they serve.

1)Teachers, should receive various workshop:CREATIVE Teaching Outside the Box,
implementing creative projects as part of their lesson plans monthly. This will allow students to receive hands-on training/ in all of the main subjects: science, math, language arts, and reading.

2) Teacher-Student ratio should be smaller (1:15) not (1:20+)students
per class.

Teacher's, receive evalulation by parents and the student body which limits the freedom and flexibility of personal attitude and issues being brought into the classroom.

Teacher's, should attend workshops involving Conflict Resolution, Anger Management and Ethnics as apart of continuing education on an annual term.

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Schools Near Farney Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR Reading (2025)			STAAR Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Science (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Science 5th Grade	Total
Farney Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14425 Barker Cypress	Houston	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 373-2850	911	60	15.0	47.2%	278 (30.5%)	144 (15.8%)	320 (35.1%)	103 (11.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (6.8%)	83.1	642^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	86.2%		81.7	692^nd of 4710 public elementary schools	85.3%	50	54.9	77.4	73.8	46.2	75.5	67.9	56.3	$7,185
Robison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17100 Robison Woods Rd	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 213-1700	1,135	62	18.2	38.4%	367 (32.3%)	174 (15.3%)	327 (28.8%)	199 (17.5%)	5 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	60 (5.3%)	85.9	538^th of 4651 public elementary schools	88.4%		81.2	709^th of 4710 public elementary schools	84.9%	171	67.6	78.6	72.9	64.0	59.9	58.7	55.1	$6,621
Sampson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	16002 Coles Crossing Dr	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 213-1600	900	50	17.9	17.1%	480 (53.3%)	50 (5.6%)	214 (23.8%)	101 (11.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.0%)	96.8	112^th of 4651 public elementary schools	97.6%		96.2	136^th of 4710 public elementary schools	97.1%	24	78.6	86.3	86.8	71.4	80.1	83.0	70.7	$7,021
Black Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14155 Grant Rd	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 320-7145	1,125	74	15.2	47.3%	345 (30.7%)	136 (12.1%)	476 (42.3%)	98 (8.7%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (5.8%)	80	747^th of 4651 public elementary schools	83.9%		66.5	1280^th of 4710 public elementary schools	72.8%	533	71.7	72.7	61.6	62.9	56.7	58.0	47.0	$8,038
Woodard Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17501 Cypress N Houston Rd	Cypress	77433	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 373-2303	990	67	14.8	50.7%	207 (20.9%)	172 (17.4%)	356 (36.0%)	201 (20.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.1%)	89.4	391^st of 4651 public elementary schools	91.6%		80.1	760^th of 4710 public elementary schools	83.9%	369	78.1	77.6	78.8	66.3	64.6	60.6	51.2	$7,616
Lamkin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11521 Telge Rd	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 897-4775	834	53	15.5	70.6%	180 (21.6%)	249 (29.9%)	297 (35.6%)	53 (6.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (6.4%)	55.2	1829^th of 4651 public elementary schools	60.7%		47.1	2359^th of 4710 public elementary schools	49.9%	530	45.8	58.5	57.4	43.7	46.7	46.5	33.3	$8,949
Millsap Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12424 Huffmeister Rd	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 897-4470	899	60	15.0	70.1%	217 (24.1%)	140 (15.6%)	477 (53.1%)	19 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.0%)	54	1904^th of 4651 public elementary schools	59.1%		54.7	1902^nd of 4710 public elementary schools	59.6%	2	50.0	57.9	51.5	32.6	58.4	46.2	33.6	$8,393
Hamilton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12050 Kluge	Cypress	77429	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 370-0990	999	61	16.3	25.2%	525 (52.6%)	92 (9.2%)	259 (25.9%)	65 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (5.8%)	93.4	250^th of 4651 public elementary schools	94.6%		92.3	289^th of 4710 public elementary schools	93.9%	39	82.9	78.5	82.3	71.1	62.4	74.0	67.4	$7,426
Wildwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	13802 Northpointe Blvd	Tomball	77377	Harris County	Tomball Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 357-3040	819	57	14.3	18.4%	357 (43.6%)	65 (7.9%)	161 (19.7%)	196 (23.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.6%)	97.2	97^th of 4651 public elementary schools	97.9%		96	147^th of 4710 public elementary schools	96.9%	50	80.3	89.0		80.9	79.1			$8,405
Pope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	19019 N Bridgeland Lake Pkwy	Cypress	77433	Harris County	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 373-2340	997	61	16.4	12.9%	446 (44.7%)	76 (7.6%)	205 (20.6%)	211 (21.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.7%)	97.8	62^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	98.7%		97.7	70^th of 4710 public elementary schools	98.5%	8	83.3	85.0	83.6	82.6	87.0	87.4	75.2	$7,234

Frequently Asked Questions about Farney Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Farney Elementary?

Students at Farney Elementary are 35% Hispanic, 31% White, 16% African American, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

What district is Farney Elementary in?

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)

Is Farney Elementary a good school?

Farney Elementary ranks 642^nd of 4651 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Farney Elementary attend?

Students who attend Farney Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Goodson Middle
High : Cypress Woods High School

How many students attend Farney Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 911 students attended Farney Elementary.

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