📍 14425 Barker Cypress, Houston, Harris County, 77429
Farney el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 928 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tracy Jacobsen. It is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 54.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 59% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Farney el enrolls 928 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 54.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 334 | 36% |
| White | 322 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 131 | 14% |
| Asian | 98 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 41 | 4.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
447 of the school's 928 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 377 qualify for free lunch and 70 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.
Farney 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 130.
Farney 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 928 students, Farney 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