📍 8425 Pine Falls, Houston, Harris County, 77095
Fiest el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 862 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeanette Gerault. It is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Fiest el enrolls 862 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 27% Black or African American and 15% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 365 | 42% |
| Black or African American | 230 | 27% |
| White | 130 | 15% |
| Asian | 97 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
595 of the school's 862 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 519 qualify for free lunch and 76 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fiest el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 7, state house district 135.
Fiest el is one of 91 schools in CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 117,927 students district-wide and employs 7,842 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 862 students, Fiest el is smaller than the district average of about 1,296 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large