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What's the most underrated thing about COTTONWOOD CREEK EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPPELL ISD·NCES 481521007262
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School
615 MINYARD, COPPELL, TX 75019 · (214) 496-8300 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
45 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from COPPELL ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 33.0% | 15.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 29.0% | 19.0% | 16.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2020-21 | 62.0% | 75.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Cottonwood Creek Elementary School
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary School this school | 408 | 11.0% | 64.9% |
| Town Center Elementary School COPPELL | 402 | 13.2% | 66.8% |
| Haun Elementary School PLANO | 486 | 16.5% | 65.5% |
| Austin Elementary School COPPELL | 541 | 11.8% | 63.3% |
| Wyatt Elementary School PLANO | 318 | 8.5% | 84.8% |
| Sparks Elementary School FRISCO | 531 | 7.3% | 75.5% |
Matched among Texas 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 Cottonwood Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #524 of 4,401 | #36 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #630 of 4,466 ▼ 236 | #56 of 429 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #517 of 4,466 ▲ 65 | #48 of 429 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,470 of 3,998 | #203 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #3,417 of 4,938 | #328 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,207 of 4,622 | #93 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #782 of 4,628 | #54 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #4,633 of 4,789 | #426 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #1,323 of 2,838 | #140 of 274 |
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
408
-47 (-10%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 408 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 33.2 | 11.9:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 31.6 | 13.0:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 2% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottonwood Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (499 to 408); teachers down 3% (31 to 30).
About Cottonwood Creek Elementary School
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is a small elementary school in Texas, located in COPPELL. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 408 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
COPPELL ISD oversees Cottonwood Creek Elementary School and 15 other schools, with 13,233 students in total.
The student body at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 47%. Enrollment also includes 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. The school's Asian share is 40 points above the 7% share among Dallas County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 11% at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Cottonwood Creek Elementary School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 69.0%.
Dallas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dallas County number 771, with about 459,645 students.
Coppell High School sits about 0.5 miles from Cottonwood Creek Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 455 in 2020-21 to 408 in 2024-25.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COPPELL ISD
- Coppell High SchoolHigh · 4,068 students
- Coppell Middle WestMiddle · 1,230 students
- Coppell Middle EastMiddle · 1,120 students
- Coppell Middle NorthMiddle · 1,006 students
- Canyon Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Richard J Lee Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
Other schools in COPPELL
- Coppell High SchoolHigh · 4,068 students
- Universal Academy - CoppellCombined · 1,302 students
- Coppell Middle EastMiddle · 1,120 students
- Coppell Middle NorthMiddle · 1,006 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Denton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
Other Cottonwood Creek Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cottonwood Creek Elementary. Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolHUTTO, TX · 925 students
- Cottonwood Creek ElementaryVisalia, CA · 627 students
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolENGLEWOOD, CO · 533 students
- Cottonwood Creek ElementaryWasilla, AK · 422 students
Nearby schools
- Coppell High School0.5 mi · 4,068
- Wilson Elementary School0.8 mi · 476
- Town Center Elementary School1.0 mi · 402
- Coppell Middle North1.1 mi · 1,006
- Denton Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 497
- Coppell Classical Academy1.3 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Cottonwood Creek Elementary School?
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Cottonwood Creek Elementary School serve?
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School.
How diverse is Cottonwood Creek Elementary School?
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 47% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cottonwood Creek Elementary School public or private?
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by COPPELL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.