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Schools in Forest Heights · Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District

Forest Heights’s public schools score below 55% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

In Forest Heights, 35% of tested students are proficient in math, below the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the public school district serving Forest Heights, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
46%
▼ 5 pts vs TX 51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
▼ 6 pts vs TX 41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
96%
▲ 6 pts vs TX 90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.3K
▼ 4% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.2
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,976 students on the public path
In brief

Forest Heights’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 613 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Forest Heights’s, its schools beat 39%, lower than their 45% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 46% of tested students were proficient in reading and 35% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

96% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $12,284 per student, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

Two elementary schools, then two middle and one high school

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Forest Heights’s grade

C+ Test scoresB− Graduation

B−: better than 45% of Texas school districts. Graduation is above the Texas average; test scores are below it.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 45%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (613)Better than 39%
C+BA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 1,810 test results and a graduating class of 218 could put Forest Heights anywhere from C+ to B. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Forest Heights’s students in the tested grades sat them (1,798 in math, 1,821 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Forest Heights, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B
9–12Lit Cypr-Mrceville H Sin OrangeB

Forest Heights’s public schools are run by Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District, which also serves Orange. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,320 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$12,284TX $12,815 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading46%
State average 51.1% · 1821 students tested
Math35%
State average 40.9% · 1798 students tested

Forest Heights vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Forest Heights’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Forest HeightsB−Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent

Every school in Forest Heights

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Forest Heightsin other towns
Little Cypress El
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Orange
B
673 students14:1Rate it →
Mauriceville El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Orange
C+
507 students11:1Rate it →
Little Cypress J H
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Orange
B
523 students15:1Rate it →
Mauriceville Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Orange
B−
272 students12:1Rate it →
Lit Cypr-Mrceville H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Orange
B
1,001 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Forest Heights’s schools

Are Forest Heights’s schools good?

On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Forest Heights children attend score below 55% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 39%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Forest Heights in?

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 3,320 students in 6 schools (2024–25).

Where do Forest Heights kids go to high school?

Lit Cypr-Mrceville H S in Orange, with 1,001 students; its own test results earn a B.

What is Forest Heights’s graduation rate?

96% of the class of 2023 in Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.

How much does Forest Heights spend per student?

$12,284 in Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.