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CREEKSIDE PARK J H
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 81% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CREEKSIDE PARK J H
Set in THE WOODLANDS, Texas, CREEKSIDE PARK J H is a heavily attended intermediate school, run under TOMBALL ISD. It caters to 1,219 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 90% above the state mean of about 643.
CREEKSIDE PARK J H is one of 23 schools operated by TOMBALL ISD, a district that educates 22,913 students overall.
On demographics, CREEKSIDE PARK J H reports that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 42% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CREEKSIDE PARK J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.8%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. CREEKSIDE PARK J H is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
ISCHOOL-CREEKSIDE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CREEKSIDE PARK J H ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.7%.
CREEKSIDE PARK J H operates from an urban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. CREEKSIDE PARK J H's enrollment has increased 81% since 2018, when it stood at 672 (now 1,219). Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.
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