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Cypress Lakes High School

Public Grades 9-12
942nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,974 Texas High Schools
Better than 52% of Texas high schools
Summary

Cypress Lakes High School is a public high school serving 3,256 students in grades 9-12 in Katy, Texas, which is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD). The school has consistently ranked in the middle-to-lower range of Texas high schools, typically between 600-1000 out of around 1,900 schools, and has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, indicating average performance compared to other Texas high schools.

Cypress Lakes High School performs relatively well for its Asian and African American student subgroups, ranking in the top half of Texas high schools for these groups. However, the school struggles with its Hispanic, Native American, and multi-racial student subgroups, ranking in the bottom half or bottom third of Texas high schools for these groups. The school's performance for English Language Learners and Special Education students is also in the bottom half of Texas high schools. Cypress Lakes High School's four-year graduation rate is around 90%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate is around 1-2%, slightly higher than the state average.

Compared to other high schools in the CFISD district, such as Cypress Springs High School and Cypress Park High School, Cypress Lakes High School performs similarly. However, the school lags behind higher-performing high schools in the neighboring Katy Independent School District, such as Taylor High School and Paetow High School. Additionally, the nearby Harmony School of Discovery - Houston, a public charter school, significantly outperforms Cypress Lakes High School on academic measures.

3,175
Students ?
14.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,017
Per pupil spending ?
73.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5750 Greenhouse Rd
       Katy, TX  77449

(281) 856-3800

District: Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)


Feeder schools for Cypress Lakes High School:

Elementary:    Emery Elementary
    Lieder Elementary
    McFee Elementary
    Sheridan Elementary
    More...
Middle:    Watkins Middle
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
57.2%
African American:
27.5%
White:
6.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 51st percentile in 2015 → 52nd in 2025
Strengths
Above the Texas median (52nd percentile)
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Near the bottom of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)'s ranking
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school56%
District avg67%
Texas avg56%
942nd of 1,974
Texas public high schools ?
Top 48%▲ up 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
10th of 12High Schools in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (Isd)
321st 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202548.8942 of 197452.3%★★★☆☆
202449.5945 of 199052.5%★★★☆☆
202346.11033 of 196147.3%★★☆☆☆
202251.3846 of 187654.9%★★★☆☆
202152.3829 of 186155.5%★★★☆☆
201957.1688 of 185763.0%★★★☆☆
201856.5649 of 179763.9%★★★☆☆
201758.7565 of 177768.2%★★★☆☆
201658.2743 of 176257.8%★★★☆☆
201554.4861 of 174350.6%★★★☆☆
201456.8745 of 173457.0%★★★☆☆
201353.2786 of 165252.4%★★★☆☆
201251.4785 of 160351.0%★★★☆☆
201160.4787 of 167252.9%★★★☆☆
201059.7753 of 156852.0%★★★☆☆
200963.3614 of 153960.1%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202447.2459 of 106556.9%★★★☆☆
202346.7469 of 106956.1%★★★☆☆
202257.2318 of 103169.2%★★★☆☆
202154.0375 of 102063.2%★★★☆☆
201956.0355 of 102465.3%★★★☆☆
201858.8313 of 101369.1%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202452.9288 of 53045.7%★★☆☆☆
202352.8282 of 52546.3%★★☆☆☆
202255.9244 of 50751.9%★★★☆☆
202146.6291 of 48840.4%★★☆☆☆
201964.0176 of 48763.9%★★★☆☆
201847.6298 of 48638.7%★★☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202256.5513 of 183772.1%★★★★☆
202155.0602 of 182967.1%★★★☆☆
201953.0638 of 181064.8%★★★☆☆
201852.2607 of 178466.0%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202434.2864 of 143739.9%★★☆☆☆
202328.8942 of 137131.3%★★☆☆☆
202234.0769 of 127839.8%★★☆☆☆
202143.9542 of 119554.6%★★★☆☆
201939.1589 of 113648.2%★★☆☆☆
201845.4449 of 111359.7%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202447.8923 of 188050.9%★★★☆☆
202346.6990 of 189147.6%★★☆☆☆
202258.8636 of 184165.5%★★★☆☆
202154.1782 of 181556.9%★★★☆☆
201958.0693 of 179861.5%★★★☆☆
201854.1750 of 178157.9%★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202372.0188 of 118284.1%★★★★☆
202269.4363 of 117269.0%★★★☆☆
202166.4484 of 117758.9%★★★☆☆
201967.5376 of 114567.2%★★★☆☆
201872.4198 of 113782.6%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202450.0741 of 180558.9%★★★☆☆
202351.5761 of 182058.2%★★★☆☆
202255.0633 of 176264.1%★★★☆☆
202157.9602 of 174365.5%★★★☆☆
201960.0519 of 171469.7%★★★☆☆
201860.2495 of 169170.7%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202451.4714 of 188462.1%★★★☆☆
202351.0766 of 189759.6%★★★☆☆
202257.4551 of 184770.2%★★★★☆
202160.2548 of 184870.3%★★★★☆
201960.4500 of 181872.5%★★★★☆
201860.3477 of 179473.4%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202439.91041 of 189144.9%★★☆☆☆
202342.51061 of 191344.5%★★☆☆☆
202242.51008 of 185345.6%★★☆☆☆
202148.1869 of 184052.8%★★★☆☆
201953.1746 of 182459.1%★★★☆☆
201854.7678 of 180362.4%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202437.0463 of 73136.7%★★☆☆☆
202324.9534 of 67721.1%★☆☆☆☆
202237.9390 of 66441.3%★★☆☆☆
202145.0313 of 58846.8%★★☆☆☆
201960.2221 of 60463.4%★★★☆☆
201862.5185 of 58268.2%★★★☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202425.288 of 10717.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.181 of 10119.8%★☆☆☆☆
202251.461 of 10642.5%★★☆☆☆
202131.069 of 9527.4%★☆☆☆☆
201932.776 of 10527.6%★☆☆☆☆
201829.186 of 12229.5%★★☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202291.03 of 3190.3%★★★★★
201990.34 of 3488.2%★★★★★

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202447.7695 of 154855.1%★★★☆☆
202349.9587 of 147860.3%★★★☆☆
202243.7677 of 141852.3%★★★☆☆
202154.6438 of 138268.3%★★★☆☆
201946.8593 of 135756.3%★★★☆☆
201853.0439 of 134767.4%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202449.8735 of 155652.8%★★★☆☆
202358.6586 of 157662.8%★★★☆☆
202248.2763 of 152550.0%★★★☆☆
202156.8588 of 151061.1%★★★☆☆
201949.9751 of 152650.8%★★★☆☆
201853.4669 of 153956.5%★★★☆☆
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)
Pacific Islander (2022)90th percentile+35 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2023)84th percentile+37 vs school
At Risk (2022)72nd percentile+17 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)62nd percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2024)59th percentile+6 vs school
African American (2024)57th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2024)55th percentile+3 vs school
White (2024)53rd percentile~ school
Female (2024)51st percentile~ school
Asian (2024)46th percentile-7 vs school
Male (2024)45th percentile-8 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)40th percentile-13 vs school
Multi-racial (2024)37th percentile-16 vs school
Native American (2024)18th percentile-35 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?
U.S. History69%~ state avg
Biology57%-5 vs state
English II Reading56%~ state avg
English I Reading50%~ state avg
Algebra I42%-5 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, April 19, 2013

Open Quote Some of the staff is not up to par with their teaching skills and very unprofessional. The turn around response time to emails/calls to teachers, counselors is at least a week and that is with a follow up call/email. If your child attends this school, you have to stay on top of them because if they struggle in a class, some of the teachers, will not or cannot identify or help the child turn it around. Last year this school was great, but it has drastically changed. I believe that the teachers and athletic staff could use some sensitivity training and skills training. Close Quote


by a student
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Open Quote Staff could care less about me as a student! Close Quote


by a citizen
Friday, October 15, 2010

Open Quote Cypress Lakes is under-funded and their students are trying to learn on computers that are still running programs that were current five to ten years ago. There are classes that are touted as a Computer Aided Drafting class, but the school doesn't provide the teachers the supplies (AKA COMPUTERS) to teach the class. How are you supposed to teach a CAD Class without a computer?? Close Quote





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In the 2024-25 school year, 3,175 students attended Cypress Lakes High School.

Cypress Lakes High School ranks 942nd of 1974 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Cypress Lakes High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Emery Elementary
Elementary : Lieder Elementary
Elementary : McFee Elementary
Elementary : Sheridan Elementary
Elementary : Wilson Elementary
Middle : Watkins Middle

Students at Cypress Lakes High School are 57% Hispanic, 27% African American, 6% White, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more races.


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