Cypress Lakes High School

Cypress Lakes High School is a secondary school located in an unincorporated area in Harris County, Texas, near Houston and with a Katy postal address. Cypress Lakes, originally named Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District High School #10, is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District and serves students in grades 9-12. It was built along with Cypress Ranch High School and opened in fall 2008. Cypress Lakes relieve the population of Cypress Falls High School, Cypress Springs High School, and Langham Creek High School.[2]

Cypress Lakes High School
Location
5750 Greenhouse Rd Katy, TX 77449 United States
Coordinates	29.85361229999999°N 95.70348810000002°W
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	2008
School district	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
Principal	Lanette Bellamy
Faculty	214.11 FTE[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	3,333 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.57[1]
Color(s)	Red & Silver
Athletics	UIL 6A
Athletics conference	University Interscholastic League
Team name	Spartans
Information	[phone]
Website	Cypress Lakes High School website

History

The district selected PBK Architects as the designer of the new school which uses similar blueprints to the existing Cypress Ridge, Cypress Springs, and Cypress Woods schools, following the design of a mall, that being of one main hallway becoming split into sub-hallways into the rooms. Originally the school was scheduled to open in fall 2009. The rapid growth in CFISD prompted the district to schedule the opening of the school in fall 2008. The first graduating class was the Class of 2011.

The school's first principal, Sarah Harty, was a former principal of Cypress Springs High School; she moved from Cy Springs to Cy Lakes upon the opening of the latter.[3]

On March 28, 2014, former Houston Rockets and current Philadelphia 76ers center Dwight Howard visited the students at Cypress Lakes High School for winning the "Block Out Violence" program.[4]

In 2016 Cypress Park High School opened, taking territory from the attendance zone of Cypress Lakes. In turn Cypress Lakes's attendance boundary took an area formerly in the boundary of Cypress Springs High School.[5][6]

Academics

For the 2018-2019 school year, the school received a B grade from the Texas Education Agency, with an overall score of 86 out of 100. The school received a B grade in each of the three performance domains, with a score of 87 for Student Achievement, 87 for School Progress, and 83 for Closing the Gaps. The school received one of the seven possible distinction designations for Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.[7]

Feeder patterns

Schools that feed into Cypress Lakes include:[8]

• Elementary schools: Lieder, Sheridan, Wilson, Emery (partial), McFee (partial), Tipps (partial)
• Middle schools: Watkins, Thornton (partial)

Notable alumni

• Josh Nebo (2015) – basketball player in the Israeli Premier League
• De'Aaron Fox (2016) – basketball player for the Sacramento Kings

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - CYPRESS LAKES H S (481611011254)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
2. "Cypress Lakes and Cypress Ranch Option 11." Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Retrieved on February 3, 2017.
3. Jackson, Kim (2007-12-10). "Cy-Fair names 2 new high school principals". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
4. Dwight Howard visits Block Out Violence winner Cy-Lakes
5. Baird, Annette (2016-02-22). "Rezoning paves way for new Cy-Fair high schools". Cypress Creek Mirror at the Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
6. "Final Recommendation 1-11-16." Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Retrieved on January 5, 2016. This document shows changes in attendance zones between 2015-2016 and 2017-2018.
7. "CYPRESS LAKES H S". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
8. "High School Feeder System." Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

External links

• Cypress Lakes High School