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The Cypress handbook

Living in Cypress, CA: what to set up and who to call

Two school districts split the grades in Cypress: Anaheim Union High School District and Cypress Elementary School District. The closest public drop-off to Cypress is CR&R Stanton, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Cypress, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Cypress.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cypress. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Golden State Wc - West Orange County water system

The Golden State Wc - West Orange County water system supplies almost all of Cypress. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Gswc - Artesia and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and City of Buena Park and City of Seal Beach and City of Garden Grove as sellers) and serves 114,379 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 70% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA3010022.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Cypress

98% of 13,100 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 17% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber76%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless61%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless47%300/20
Cosmo Network SolutionsFixed wireless19%250/100

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 2 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cypress.

Nearest public drop-off · 2.3 mi from the center of Cypress

CR&R Stanton

11232 knott Ave, Stanton, CA, 90680 · run by CR&R

This isn’t Cypress’ own facility. Whether Cypress residents may use it is the town’s rule: check ci.cypress.ca.us.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Cypress kids go to
K–65 schoolsDepends on your address
7–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Cypress is in two districts that split the grades: Anaheim Union High School District and Cypress Elementary School District.

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Cypress spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Cypress residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of CypressZIP’s residents in Cypress
90630Cypress, CA99%99%
90720Los Alamitos, CA1%2%

A few homes fall in 90716.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Cypress

Who supplies Cypress’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Golden State Wc - West Orange County water system (EPA ID CA3010022). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Cypress?

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Cypress?

Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Cosmo Network Solutions (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Cypress?

90630 (99%), 90720 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Cypress in?

Anaheim Union High School District and Cypress Elementary School District. Parts of the city are in Garden Grove Unified School District and Savanna Elementary School District and Centralia Elementary School District and Los Alamitos Unified School District.

How do I register to vote in Cypress?

In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.