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Enrollment
676
Elementary
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMBALL ISD·NCES 484296011921
Creekside Forest Elementary School
5949 CREEKSIDE FOREST DR, THE WOODLANDS, TX 77389 · (281) 357-4526 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
51 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (142).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Creekside Forest Elementary School→Creekside Park Junior High School
Based on grade levels within TOMBALL ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
95.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
95.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 95 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 81.0% | 14.0% | 4.0% | 1.0% |
| Mathematics | 77.0% | 18.0% | 4.0% | 1.0% |
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 | 95.0% | 95.0% |
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 95.0% | 95.0% |
| 2021-22 | 94.0% | 88.0% |
| 2020-21 | 90.0% | 97.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Forest Elementary School
Creekside Forest Elementary School's state test result (90.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Forest Elementary School this school | 676 | 7.5% | 90.2% |
| Mills Elementary School AUSTIN | 703 | 7.5% | 79.3% |
| Lance Thompson Elementary School ARGYLE | 701 | 8.6% | 66.2% |
| Baldwin Elementary School AUSTIN | 582 | 13.7% | 74.2% |
| Clayton Elementary School AUSTIN | 637 | 4.9% | 77.2% |
| Hardy Oak Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 612 | 15.5% | 72.8% |
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 Creekside Forest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.2% | #8 of 4,401 | #1 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #7 of 4,466 ▲ 1 | #1 of 625 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #8 of 4,466 ▲ 7 | #2 of 625 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #2,839 of 3,998 | #448 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #1,074 of 4,938 | #266 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,981 of 4,622 | #267 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #1,026 of 4,628 | #126 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.5% | #4,705 of 4,789 | #668 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.4% | #349 of 1,307 | #30 of 148 |
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
676
+140 (+26%) vs 2020
+50% since 2010-11, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 676 | 46.7 | 14.5:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 692 | 44.3 | 15.6:1 | 5% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 42.2 | 15.6:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 34.9 | 15.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 42 | 16.3:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 6% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Forest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (548 to 676); teachers up 34% (34.9 to 46.7).
About Creekside Forest Elementary School
Creekside Forest Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in THE WOODLANDS, Texas. The school had 676 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 30% larger than that.
TOMBALL ISD counts 22,913 students in its 23 schools, and Creekside Forest Elementary School is one of them.
White students are the largest group at Creekside Forest Elementary School, with 48% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Harris County, the White share is about 34%. The chance that two students picked at random at Creekside Forest Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
The school employs the equivalent of 46.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Creekside Forest Elementary School is 8%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Creekside Forest Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 70.5% for Creekside Forest Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 90.2%. The 19.7-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Harris County census figures show that median household income is about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
The school nearest to Creekside Forest Elementary School is French Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Creekside Forest Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 26%, from 536 to 676. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Creekside Forest Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TOMBALL ISD
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 970 students
Other schools in THE WOODLANDS
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- McCullough Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,195 students
- Knox Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,395 students
- Mitchell Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,253 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
Nearby schools
- French Elementary School1.1 mi · 786
- Glen Loch Elementary School1.2 mi · 555
- McCullough Junior High School1.4 mi · 2,195
- Ride Elementary School1.9 mi · 508
- Sst the Woodlands2.1 mi · 559
- Timber Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 970
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Forest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Creekside Forest Elementary School?
Creekside Forest Elementary School enrolls approximately 676 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Creekside Forest Elementary School serve?
Creekside Forest Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Creekside Forest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creekside Forest Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Creekside Forest Elementary School?
Creekside Forest Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Creekside Forest Elementary School?
Creekside Forest Elementary School is overseen by TOMBALL ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.