Learn In Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

Fairfield is located in Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. For the fourth consecutive year, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD is the largest Recognized school district in Texas.

Students benefit from a wide array of challenging academic and extra curricular activities and from a low overall student/teacher ratio of 22 to 1. Seventy-two percent of Cy-Fair High School graduates go on to attend college.

Fairfield has three elementary schools right inside the community. A series of greenbelts allow kids to walk or ride their bikes to school. Currently, schools include either Ault Elementary, Keith Elementary, Swenke Elementary, Spillane Middle School and Cy-Ranch High School. Ault is known state-wide for its outstanding performance. Keith is located adjacent to the Fairfield Athletic Club and boasts a state-of-the-art-design. Swenke Elementary opened in August 2009 and has earned an exemplary rating from the TEA three years in a row.

Ault Elementary

Since opening in 1994, Ault has maintained a high standard of excellance.  It is rated as  Recognized by the Texas Education Agency. Although proud of its academic accomplishments, the school is equally proud of other awards students earn. Students compete in Destination Imagination and have won many awards. The art program is excellent and student work has even been displayed at the state capital in Austin. A group of students won a writing contest and received free tickets to the Rockets at the Toyota Center. Each year, select students participate in the District Choral Festival. The school's outstanding staff has received numerous recognitions including "Kids First Awards", "Support Staff of the Year", "Wal-Mart Local Teacher" and many others. The PTO is strong and enhances the educational program for students. Ault is a school with high expectations, but has a warm, friendly environment.

Keith Elementary

This Texas Exemplary school is named for Gwen Wayman Keith, who was a teacher, coordinator, assistant principal, and principal in Cypress-Fairbanks before retiring in June, 2002. Serving grades K-5, this state-of-the-art facility is located at the corner of Mason Road and Fairfield Green Boulevard. High expectations for student achievement is the foundation of all practices at Keith Elementary. As a result, various students and staff have been recognized for outstanding performance in the last four years. Keith has also been chosen as a Model Literacy campus, allowing district wide personnel to observe outstanding literacy instruction from Keith teachers.

Swenke Elementary

Swenke Elementary opened in August 2009 and has earned an exemplary rating since opening. The new elementary school sits on a 14-acre site located at Fairfield Place Drive and Schiel Road. The district’s 50th elementary school was designed by Bay Architects and is a new prototype design using design features from McFee Elementary School. The school features a complementary unique design utilizing similar building materials and colors. Swenke Elementary provides enrollment relief for Keith and Ault elementary schools. The school is the seventh elementary campus and the last new facility funded from the 2004 Bond Referendum.

Dr. Cheryl Corbett Salyards Middle School

This new schools opens August 2011. The fourth school to be built in Fairfield and one of the newest middle schools in the Houston area will be named after  Dr. Cheryl Corbett Salyards, who retired from CFISD in June 2010 after 36 years in public education.

Cy-Ranch High School

Cypress Ranch is one of two new high schools which opened in Fall of 2008 in the district. Cy-Ranch is a recognized rated campus. A swimming pool option was approved for Cy-Ranch, which has an eight-lane, 25-yard competition pool with a five-lane, warm-up pool area. This allows CFISD to host larger swimming competitions such as district meets and tri and quad meets. Currently, district swim meets are held outside CFISD.

Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District (281) 897-4000 10300 Jones Road, Houston, Texas 77065

Private School Options

Elementary and Secondary Private and Parochial Schools located near Fairfield:

• Rosehill Christian School - www.rcseagles.org - PK -12
• Salem Lutheran School - www.salemlutheran.com - PK-8
• St. Anne's Catholic School - www.stanne-tomball.org - PK-8
• Covenant Academy - www.covenantacademyhouston.org - K-8
• Concordia Lutheran High School - www.concordiacrusaders.org - HS
• Cypress Christian School - www.cccs-hou.org - K-HS