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What's the most underrated thing about Creekside Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN CITY·NCES 010021002454
Creekside Elementary School
1800 Richland Road, Auburn, AL 36832 · (334) 887-0070 · Lee County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
140 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 158 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 160 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 31% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
69.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Creekside Elementary School
Creekside Elementary School's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Elementary School this school | 458 | 30.6% | 73.2% |
| Ogletree Elementary School Auburn | 523 | 35.8% | 72.4% |
| Pick Elementary School Auburn | 464 | 38.1% | 72.3% |
| Riverchase Elementary School Hoover | 562 | 39.3% | 66.3% |
| Madison Elementary School Madison | 603 | 27.4% | 72.0% |
| South Shades Crest Elementary School Hoover | 534 | 18.2% | N/A |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Creekside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #64 of 626 | #2 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #53 of 626 | #3 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #83 of 626 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #364 of 709 | #13 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #99 of 655 | #6 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #49 of 658 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #636 of 696 | #25 of 25 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 458 | 30.5 | 15.0:1 | 31% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 31% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 29% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 30% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Elementary School.
About Creekside Elementary School
Creekside Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Auburn, Alabama. The school's 458 students are in grades 3 through 5.
Creekside Elementary School sits within Auburn City, which has 14 schools and 9,488 students.
Creekside Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 50%. Other students are 24% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County residents are about 66% White. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Creekside Elementary School counts 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.0 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Alabama have 17.0:1, compared with 15.0:1 here. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Lee County, the average is 48%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Creekside Elementary School is 11.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.2% actual, 61.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
County data help place the school in context: in Lee County, the median household income is $65,824, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lee County is home to 41 public schools and about 24,812 public school students.
The closest other public school is Richland Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Creekside Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Creekside Elementary School's average proficiency of 73.2% compares with 69.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Creekside Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 484 in 2020-21 to 458 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (16.1:1).
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,134
Census ACS
Median income
$65,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
24,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn City
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 2,227 students
- Auburn Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- East Samford SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Drake Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
- Ogletree Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Auburn Early Education CenterElementary · 492 students
Other schools in Auburn
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 2,227 students
- Auburn Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- East Samford SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Drake Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
- Ogletree Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Auburn Early Education CenterElementary · 492 students
Other Creekside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 14 states are named Creekside Elementary. Creekside Elementary School is the 21st largest of the 27.
- Creekside Elementary SchoolHarvest, AL · 550 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolFranklin, TN · 780 students
- Creekside ElementarySuffolk, VA · 764 students
- Creekside ElementaryWinterville, NC · 622 students
- Creekside ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Richland Elementary School0.4 mi · 426
- Margaret Yarbrough Elementary School1.3 mi · 396
- Drake Middle School1.5 mi · 720
- Cary Woods Elementary School1.9 mi · 439
- Pick Elementary School2.4 mi · 464
- Woodland Pines Elementary School2.5 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Creekside Elementary School?
Creekside Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Creekside Elementary School serve?
Creekside Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Creekside Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Creekside Elementary School.
How diverse is Creekside Elementary School?
Creekside Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 8% Hispanic, 24% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Creekside Elementary School public or private?
Creekside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Auburn City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.