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CREEKSIDE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CREEKSIDE EL
CREEKSIDE EL is one of the close-knit elementary schools in LEWISVILLE, Texas, run under LEWISVILLE ISD, with 373 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
LEWISVILLE ISD comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 47,876 students; CREEKSIDE EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CREEKSIDE EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Asian, 13% White, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.
In terms of school funding signals, CREEKSIDE EL shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CREEKSIDE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, CREEKSIDE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 48.5%.
In the broader community, Denton County reports that median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which CREEKSIDE EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CREEKSIDE EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.9%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CREEKSIDE EL has shrank 21%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 44% to 52% over that span.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Denton County at a glance
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