COTTONWOOD CREEK EL

COTTONWOOD CREEK EL operates as a modestly sized elementary school in COPPELL, Texas, overseen by COPPELL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 408 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Within COPPELL ISD, which oversees 16 schools and 13,233 students, COTTONWOOD CREEK EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, COTTONWOOD CREEK EL shows that the most-represented group is Asian (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 11% of students at COTTONWOOD CREEK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COTTONWOOD CREEK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.0%; this one delivers 62.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), COTTONWOOD CREEK EL is one campus in the mix.

COPPELL H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COTTONWOOD CREEK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COTTONWOOD CREEK EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 63.4%.

COTTONWOOD CREEK EL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.