About Cimarron Elementary 

Cimarron Elementary offers a variety of programs and special services that ensure success for all students.  Our teachers are constantly searching for research-based strategies and are differentiating instruction in order to meet the needs of all of their students.  In order to address students’ individual needs, each grade level participates daily in “Paw Time,” a special time for compensatory classes, remediation, and enrichment activities.

Cimarron parents are actively involved both in the volunteer program and the Parent-Teacher Association, and through representation on the Campus Advisory Team.  Open House Nights and Curriculum Nights scheduled during the year give parents an opportunity to find out more about how and what their children are learning.

Special programs make learning fun at Cimarron! Every day begins with the televised Cimarron News Network (CNN), an announcement program that highlights a core curricular area each day and includes book talks, science experiments, and announcing our “Leaders of the Pack” awards for great hallway behavior.   Students at all grade levels participate in Junior Achievement, annual talent shows, field days and the end-of-school picnic.  Fourth and fifth graders can participate in the Orff xylophone group, chimes and recorder groups, and a guitar group.  In fifth grade, special programs such as DARE (Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education), Student Council, Safety Patrol and the Cheetah Choir, make the final year at Cimarron an extra-special one.

Awards & Honors

• ATPE Scholarship Recipient 2005; 2006
• Texas Computer Education Association Technology Specialist of the Year Finalist 2006
• Two students won $500 in the Katy Planner Art Contest, 2002
• Fifth grader’s art chosen for display at the Texas Capitol, 2002
• Grand prize and six blue ribbons in the Christus St. Catherine’s Art Contest, 2002
• Best of Show, International Dog Show Art Contest, 2002
• Six members of the Katy ISD Honor Choir, 2002
• More than 40 5th graders published works in the Anthology of Poetry, 2001-02

School Report Card

2007-08 TAKS Scores

• Grade 3
• Reading: 99.1%
• Math: 90.0%
• Grade 4
• Reading: 91.4%
• Math: 87.1%
• Writing: 94.8%
• Grade 5
• Reading: 92.5%
• Math: 93.3%
• Science: 79.4%

• 2008 Accountability rating: Recognized

2007 TEA Report Card Data

• Attendance rate: 96.8%
• Avg. yrs. teacher experience: 10.0 
• Avg. students per teacher: 14.1
• K: 20.3
• 1st: 17.8
• 2nd: 19.3   -  
• 3rd: 21.7
• 4th: 18.5
• 5th: 20.0
• Student profile:
• White: 65.0%
• Hispanic: 23.6%
• African American: 7.2%
• Asian: 3.9%
• Native American: 0.3%
• Low income: 25.8% 
• Limited English: 8.6%
• Special program enrollment:
• Special education: 9.7% 
• Bilingual/ESL: 7.7%
• Gifted/Talented: 2.6%

Facility Improvements
Previous bond packages authorized by voters in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002 funded the following major projects at Cimarron Elementary:

• heating/ventilation/air conditioning improvements
• renovations
• re-roofing
• a new emergency generator
• technology retrofits
• a new phone system including telephones for all teachers.