Cypress Ridge High School is a

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, near

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History

In 2016 a section of the

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attendance boundary was reassigned to Cypress Ridge. This occurred as part of a wave of high school rezoning.

Academics

For the 2018–2019 school year, the school received a B grade from the

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, with an overall score of 88 out of 100. The school received a B grade in each of the three performance domains, with a score of 88 for Student Achievement, 87 for School Progress, and 87 for Closing the Gaps. The school received four of the seven possible distinction designations for Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in English Language Arts/Reading, Post-Secondary Readiness, and Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.

Feeder patterns

Schools that feed into Cypress Ridge include: *Elementary schools: Bane, Emmott, Kirk, Bang (partial), Francone (partial), Hairgrove (partial), Holbrook (partial), Lee (partial), Post (partial), Willbern (partial) *Middle schools: Campbell (partial), Dean (partial), Truitt (partial)

Notable alumni

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References

External links

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Cypress Ridge High School Alumni WebsiteCypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Website
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