The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in English language arts. The lowest is 38% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Francone El
Francone Elementary sits on Perry Road in northwest Houston, part of the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, one of the largest suburban school systems in Texas. It serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report and state testing applies only to the third, fourth, and fifth grade years.
The school enrolls a substantial number of students for an elementary campus. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with Black students making up a meaningful share and smaller groups of white, Asian, and multiracial students. The economic picture is sharply weighted toward need: the vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this a high-poverty campus by any measure. English learner and special education counts were not available in the data provided.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, reading results show a clear upward pattern as students move through the grades. Third graders reached proficiency at a rate well below the statewide norm, but by fourth grade that share climbed meaningfully, and fifth grade reading results approached a more solid footing. Math followed a similar trajectory from third to fourth grade, though fifth grade math data was suppressed because only a single student sat for the Spanish-language version of that assessment, leaving the English-language cohort picture incomplete at that grade level. Science results in fifth grade were similarly affected by the small Spanish-tested group. Across all tested subjects combined, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint relative to districts in Harris County, which is a genuine strength given the economic composition of the student population. Parents should be aware that the proficiency rates at the tested grades, while showing real growth across grades, remain below where many families would hope to see them, and a conversation with the campus about instructional supports and progress monitoring would be reasonable.
The district context matters here. Cypress-Fairbanks ISD publicly reported cutting a substantial number of staff positions entering the most recent school year to close a significant budget gap. Among the most direct changes: campus librarians were reduced by roughly half, with each remaining librarian now responsible for multiple schools rather than one. That means Francone students have less dedicated on-site library access than they did before. The district also experienced a multi-year curriculum dispute, publicly reported, in which the school board voted to remove chapters on topics including climate change, vaccinations, and cultural diversity from science and health textbooks in the spring of 2024, then reversed that decision by a narrow vote in early 2026 after a board election shifted the majority. Families who weigh curriculum and library access as part of their school choice will want to follow how these policies settle going forward. On the tax side, the district publicly reduced its property tax rate for 2025 to its lowest point in nearly four decades, a concrete financial benefit for homeowners in the area.
The surrounding northwest Houston zip code shows home values modestly below the Texas statewide benchmark and well below the national one, with both values and rents having drifted slightly lower over the past year. The Harris County housing market more broadly has a healthy number of active listings, and homes are taking somewhat longer to sell than they were a year ago, giving buyers a bit more room to negotiate. Houston itself, as publicly reported, is among the fastest-growing metros in the country, with the region continuing to attract new residents and housing construction running at a high pace, though growth is increasingly concentrated in suburban and exurban counties beyond Harris County's core.
Program-specific offerings at Francone were not available in the data provided. Discipline, attendance, and staffing ratios were also absent from the data, and those would be worth asking the campus about directly.
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