📍 5611 Queenston Blvd, Houston, Harris County, 77084
Tipps el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 1,028 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Felicia Thomas. It is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Tipps el enrolls 1,028 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 4.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 688 | 67% |
| Black or African American | 211 | 21% |
| White | 44 | 4.3% |
| Asian | 43 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 16 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
898 of the school's 1,028 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 851 qualify for free lunch and 47 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tipps 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-80, state senate district 7, state house district 138.
Tipps 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 1,028 students, Tipps 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