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What's something ELM CREEK EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
805
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWEST ISD·NCES 484095007520
Elm Creek Elementary School
11535 PEARSALL RD, ATASCOSA, TX 78002 · (210) 622-4430 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL805 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
15.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
624 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 92 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Elm Creek Elementary School
Elm Creek Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Creek Elementary School this school | 805 | 77.5% | 41.0% |
| IDEA McAllen Academy MCALLEN | 738 | 78.3% | 45.5% |
| IDEA Horizon Vista Academy HORIZON CITY | 742 | 79.4% | 38.0% |
| Bill Sybert School EL PASO | 748 | 74.9% | 51.3% |
| IDEA Ewing Halsell Academy SAN ANTONIO | 704 | 77.7% | 40.1% |
| Hawthorne PK-8 Academy SAN ANTONIO | 740 | 75.5% | 31.0% |
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 Elm Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,467 of 4,401 | #125 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,563 of 4,466 ▼ 383 | #128 of 317 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,986 of 4,466 ▼ 29 | #114 of 317 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,244 of 3,998 | #146 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 805 | #430 of 4,938 | #25 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #3,089 of 4,622 | #203 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #3,880 of 4,628 | #232 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #2,120 of 4,789 | #173 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.7% | #508 of 1,307 | #25 of 70 |
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
805
+125 (+18%) vs 2020
+47% since 2000-01, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 805 | 51.1 | 15.7:1 | 78% (624) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 77% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 47.6 | 14.7:1 | 76% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 79% (536) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 45.5 | 15.2:1 | 76% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 75% (499) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 73% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 65% (358) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elm Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (690 to 805); teachers up 12% (45.5 to 51.1).
About Elm Creek Elementary School
The public elementary school Elm Creek Elementary School is located in ATASCOSA, Texas. Its 805 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
SOUTHWEST ISD, which runs Elm Creek Elementary School, has 18 schools and 14,833 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Elm Creek Elementary School, with 91% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% White. In Bexar County overall, about 60% of residents are Hispanic. Elm Creek Elementary School has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Elm Creek Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.7:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 78% of students at Elm Creek Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Bexar County averages 63%, lower than here.
Elm Creek Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.6% at Elm Creek Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.0%.
Bexar County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Elm Creek Elementary School is among the 638 public schools in Bexar County.
The school nearest to Elm Creek Elementary School is Ronald E McNair Middle School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Within five miles of Elm Creek Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Elm Creek Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 805 was 18% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 680.
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Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTHWEST ISD
- Southwest High SchoolHigh · 2,363 students
- Southwest Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,250 students
- Francis R Scobee Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Ronald E McNair Middle SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Judith A Resnik Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
Other Elm Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Elm Creek Elementary. Elm Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- ELM CREEK ELEMENTARYMAPLE GROVE, MN · 565 students
- ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLELM CREEK, NE · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Ronald E McNair Middle School0.1 mi · 784
- Southwest High School3.8 mi · 2,363
- Southwest Elementary School4.0 mi · 728
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy5.4 mi · 128
- Somerset Elementary School5.4 mi · 716
- Lytle Primary School5.4 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Elm Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Elm Creek Elementary School?
Elm Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 805 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Elm Creek Elementary School serve?
Elm Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Elm Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Elm Creek Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Elm Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Elm Creek Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Elm Creek Elementary School?
Elm Creek Elementary School is overseen by SOUTHWEST ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.