Cy-Fair Edition | April 2025

Education

BY RYAN REYNOLDS

New report tracks Cy-Fair ISD graduation rates in real time

Cy-Fair ISD is using a new report to track high school

better evaluate students’ needs. In a nutshell Cole said high school principals and coordinating counselors collaborated with administrators and sta to develop a strategic plan to raise graduation rates. The district aims to increase its four- year graduation rate from 92.3% to 95.9% by 2029, targeting a 1% yearly improvement. “A lot of times, public schools have to deal with data after the fact, and you can’t go back and x things,” CFISD board member Christine Kalmbach said at the March 3 meeting.

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graduation rates in real time and oering targeted support for those who are not on track. On-track students are active seniors who have passed the required ve end-of-course exams, district ocials said. Previously, the school district relied on the Texas Academic Performance Reports, which are published each January and include data from two years prior. Christina Cole, CFISD’s chief ocer for school leadership, said the new report improves data accuracy and allows the district to

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Keeping kids on track For the 10% of students who were not on track to graduate as of Jan. 27, CFISD provides:

Tutorials before and after school and on Saturdays

Plans to recover from excessive absences

Digital credit recovery

Interventions during the school day

Academic conferences with parents

Plans for individual grade placement committee

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Cy-Fair ISD’s board of trust- ees unanimously approved 70 campuses to be open for student transfers in the 2025-26 school year during a March 3 meeting—the most ever for CFISD. This includes 46 elementary schools, 17 middle schools and seven high schools. Record 70 campuses open for transfers

The overview Students are assigned to schools based on their primary residence, but the district oers transfer options for those who wish to attend a dierent school. CFISD Director of General Administration Scott Tucker said the open campus recommendations were based on enrollment projections, historical data, trends and demographic information. CFISD students and children of district employees wishing to transfer can apply through June 30.

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