Cy-Fair High School
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22602 Hempstead Freeway (U.S. Highway 290) Cypress, Texas, Harris County 77429 United States |
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| Type | Co-Educational, Public, Secondary |
| Motto | Bobcat Fight Never Dies (BFND) |
| Established | 1941 |
| School district | Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District |
| Principal | Ana Martin |
| Faculty | 187 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,637 (as of 2016) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 32.3 |
| Color(s) | Maroon & White |
| Athletics | UIL 6A District 17 |
| Athletics conference | University Interscholastic League |
| Team name | Bobcats |
| Phone | (281) 897-4600 |
| Website | Cy-Fair High School website |
Cy-Fair High School is a secondary school located in Cypress, which is an unincorporated place in Harris County, Texas, near Houston. The school, located along U.S. Highway 290, is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.
The Cypress and Fairbanks school districts (an area now in northwest Houston) consolidated in 1939. Cy-Fair High School was opened in the spring of 1941 and received some national acclaim after being dedicated by then First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The first principal was Matthew Solomon, PhD. Cy-Fair High School remained the only high school (not including Carverdale High School, the African-American school prior to integration) in the Cy-Fair CSD (now ISD) until Jersey Village High School opened in 1972. There are now 12 high schools in CFISD.
The school, which had expanded for several decades beyond the original 1941 design, was modernized after the 1999-2000 school year. Additional classrooms were added during the renovation to. The façade at the front main doors remain.
In 2017, as part of high school rezoning, a portion of Cy-Fair's attendance zone will be reassigned to Cypress Ranch High School.
The school has approximately 35 active student clubs, including Model United Nations, Magic the Gathering, National Honor Society, and one of the largest Key Clubs in the state of Texas. Seventy percent of Cy-Fair High School graduates go on to college.
Cy-Fair competes athletically in District 17-6A of the University Interscholastic League.
In 2008 The Girls' Basketball team defeated DeSoto to win their first ever State Championship. The Lady Bobcats repeated as State Champs in 2010.
The 1970-71 Boys' basketball team was the Texas State Champ and voted as the National Champions. The boys' basketball team also went to the Final Four in 1969-70 and 1977-78.
1955, 1958, and 1986 Texas State Champs in Girls' Volleyball.
In football the 1985 team finished 13-1-1 losing to perinneal power Odessa Permian 7-10 in the state semifinals.
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