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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPPELL ISD·NCES 481521007863
Denton Creek Elementary School
250 NATCHES TRACE, COPPELL, TX 75019 · (214) 496-8100 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
13.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
61 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
68%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Denton Creek Elementary School
Denton Creek Elementary School's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denton Creek Elementary School this school | 497 | 12.3% | 63.1% |
| Austin Elementary School COPPELL | 541 | 11.8% | 63.3% |
| Donald Lewis Hisle LEANDER | 530 | 15.1% | 52.0% |
| Minett Elementary School FRISCO | 539 | 6.1% | 71.1% |
| Bar W Elementary School LEANDER | 615 | 7.3% | 63.5% |
| Smith Elementary School FRISCO | 642 | 13.2% | 65.7% |
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 Denton Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #606 of 4,401 | #42 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,466 of 4,466 ▼ 770 | #102 of 429 ▼ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #876 of 4,466 ▼ 429 | #67 of 429 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,980 of 3,998 | #157 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #2,578 of 4,938 | #218 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #865 of 4,622 | #57 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #698 of 4,628 | #48 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.3% | #4,603 of 4,789 | #424 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #887 of 1,307 | #81 of 118 |
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
497
-67 (-12%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 497 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 39.9 | 13.7:1 | 14% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 13% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 3% (11) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denton Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (464 to 497); teachers up 15% (33 to 38).
About Denton Creek Elementary School
Among the schools in COPPELL, Texas, is Denton Creek Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 497 students across pre-K through 5.
The 16 schools in COPPELL ISD enroll 13,233 students altogether, Denton Creek Elementary School among them.
Denton Creek Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 44%. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 18% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 7% of Dallas County residents are Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Denton Creek Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Denton Creek Elementary School counts 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.1 students for each one. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. About 12% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
Denton Creek Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Denton Creek Elementary School are 5.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (63.1% actual, 68.5% predicted).
County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The nearest other public school, Coppell Middle North, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Denton Creek Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Denton Creek Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Denton Creek Elementary School had 564 students in 2020-21 and 497 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Denton Creek Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Riverchase EleElementary · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Coppell Middle North0.1 mi · 1,006
- Town Center Elementary School0.6 mi · 402
- Coppell High School0.8 mi · 4,068
- Rockbrook Elementary School1.0 mi · 582
- Coppell Classical Academy1.1 mi · 432
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Denton Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Denton Creek Elementary School?
Denton Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
Is Denton Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Denton Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Denton Creek Elementary School have?
Denton Creek Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Denton Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Denton Creek Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 44% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Denton Creek Elementary School in?
Denton Creek Elementary School is part of COPPELL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.