Cypress Edition | July 2025

Education

BY DANICA LLOYD

Cy-Fair ISD 2025 STAAR results released over year at both the state and district levels. The largest decrease in year-over-year performance within the district was on the eighth grade math test—the only area in which CFISD performed below the state average.

Passage rate changes, 202425 The data shows the dierence in the percentage points of students who passed the STAAR between spring 2024 and spring 2025. Cy-Fair ISD Texas -6 -4 -2 +2 +4 +6 0

Cy-Fair ISD outperformed the state in all but two categories in the spring 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness—eighth grade math and sixth grade math—according to results released by the Texas Education Agency on June 17. Of the 20 test grade levels and subjects tested, year-over-year performance in CFISD: • Improved in nine • Declined in eight • Saw no change in three “We are proud of the growth and sustained achievement reŠected in our recent STAAR results. At the same time, we recognize there are key areas that still require focused attention and improve- ment,” CFISD Chief Academic O’cer Tonya Goree said in a June 17 email. The breakdown In general, reading pro”ciency improved year

3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade

CFISD ”fth-graders saw the biggest increase in passage rates for science, with 74% passing this year versus 65% in 2024. CFISD high school stu- dents showed no change or slight declines across the board in end-of-course exam passage rates. Quote of note “These results are encouraging and reŠect the impact of the strategic supports we’ve imple- mented in recent years,” Texas Education Commis- sioner Mike Morath said in a June 17 news release. “With [reading language arts] scores now surpass- ing pre-pandemic levels, we are seeing meaningful signs of academic recovery and progress. While this year also saw some improvements in math, clearly more work is needed.”

SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY‡COMMUNITY IMPACT

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