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Enrollment
925
Elementary
DISTRICT 736 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUTTO ISD·NCES 482410011368
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School
3160 LIMMER LOOP, HUTTO, TX 78634 · (512) 759-5430 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL925 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
435 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 96 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 141 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 31.0% | 20.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (37.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary School this school | 925 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| Oak Point Elementary School OAK POINT | 998 | 47.3% | 45.4% |
| General Tommy Franks Elementary School MIDLAND | 950 | 45.6% | 46.5% |
| Mahaffey Elementary School KLEIN | 860 | 48.0% | 63.9% |
| Rose Garden Elementary School SCHERTZ | 861 | 43.8% | 29.6% |
| Parker Elementary School HOUSTON | 924 | 41.3% | 59.3% |
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 Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #2,953 of 4,401 | #66 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,986 of 4,466 ▲ 169 | #66 of 87 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,395 of 4,466 ▲ 198 | #62 of 87 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #496 of 3,998 | #8 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 925 | #169 of 4,938 | #2 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #3,948 of 4,622 | #87 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #929 of 4,628 | #40 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #3,700 of 4,789 | #24 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.4% | #100 of 1,307 | #4 of 30 |
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
925
+351 (+61%) vs 2020
+62% since 2010-11, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 925 | 53.9 | 17.2:1 | 47% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 812 | 53.4 | 15.2:1 | 49% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 46.8 | 14.7:1 | 45% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 46% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 41.5 | 14.8:1 | 40% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 47% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 66% (375) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottonwood Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 50% (615 to 925); teachers up 30% (41.5 to 53.9).
About Cottonwood Creek Elementary School
Federal records list Cottonwood Creek Elementary School as an elementary school in HUTTO, Texas. The school enrolls 925 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Within HUTTO ISD, Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is one of 15 schools. The district enrolls 10,688 students.
The largest group at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 51%. Other groups include 25% White, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Williamson County residents are about 25% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cottonwood Creek Elementary School scores 65%.
With 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.2:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 2.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 47% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Williamson County report 29%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Cottonwood Creek Elementary School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is 16.7 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Williamson County, home to about 672,688 people, the median household earns about $111,340 a year, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Williamson County number 208, with about 126,147 students.
Hutto Middle School sits about 0.3 miles from Cottonwood Creek Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 574 students at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School; in 2024-25, 925. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.2:1) than in 2020-21 (14.0:1).
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HUTTO ISD
- Hutto High SchoolHigh · 2,313 students
- Gus AlmquistMiddle · 951 students
- Hutto Elementary SchoolElementary · 820 students
- Hutto Ninth Grade CenterHigh · 808 students
- Benjamin Doc Kerley Elementary SchoolElementary · 806 students
- Ray Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
Other schools in HUTTO
- Hutto High SchoolHigh · 2,313 students
- Gus AlmquistMiddle · 951 students
- Hutto Elementary SchoolElementary · 820 students
- Hutto Ninth Grade CenterHigh · 808 students
- Benjamin Doc Kerley Elementary SchoolElementary · 806 students
- Ray Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 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 largest of the 5.
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolCOPPELL, TX · 408 students
- Cottonwood Creek ElementaryVisalia, CA · 627 students
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolENGLEWOOD, CO · 533 students
- Cottonwood Creek ElementaryWasilla, AK · 422 students
Nearby schools
- Hutto Middle School0.3 mi · 746
- Hutto Elementary School0.9 mi · 820
- Hutto Virtual Academy0.9 mi · 40
- Hutto High School1.5 mi · 2,313
- Nadine Johnson Elementary School1.5 mi · 547
- Hutto Ninth Grade Center1.8 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School?
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 925 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cottonwood Creek Elementary School serve?
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is approximately 17.2:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cottonwood Creek Elementary School?
At Cottonwood Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 51% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cottonwood Creek Elementary School public or private?
Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HUTTO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.