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What's the biggest difference between HUNTERS CREEK EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004676
Hunters Creek Elementary School
10650 BEINHORN, HOUSTON, TX 77024 · (713) 251-6000 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- 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.
- A-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
14.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
108 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 53.0% | 29.0% | 10.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 31.0% | 16.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 82.0% | 74.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 79.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Hunters Creek Elementary School
Hunters Creek Elementary School's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Creek Elementary School this school | 575 | 18.8% | 72.3% |
| Hawk Elementary School CORINTH | 610 | 19.2% | 61.9% |
| Susanna Dickinson Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 616 | 12.8% | 78.7% |
| Kay Granger Elementary School KELLER | 637 | 21.7% | 64.2% |
| Shadow Forest Elementary School KINGWOOD | 584 | 20.0% | 58.8% |
| Founders Classical Academy Corinth CORINTH | 578 | 18.5% | 48.9% |
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 Hunters Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #255 of 4,401 | #35 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #306 of 4,466 ▲ 75 | #33 of 625 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #207 of 4,466 ▲ 73 | #28 of 625 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #889 of 3,998 | #118 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #1,809 of 4,938 | #377 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,259 of 4,622 | #301 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #1,342 of 4,628 | #169 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.8% | #4,461 of 4,789 | #647 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #1,637 of 2,838 | #284 of 441 |
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
575
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 575 | 38.9 | 14.8:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 33.9 | 18.0:1 | 18% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 36.5 | 16.6:1 | 19% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 19% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 41.7 | 16.1:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunters Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (673 to 575); teachers down 7% (41.7 to 38.9).
About Hunters Creek Elementary School
Hunters Creek Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in HOUSTON, Texas. It had 575 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
SPRING BRANCH ISD is made up of 46 schools with 33,793 students in all.
The share of White students at Hunters Creek Elementary School is 58%, a majority. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Harris County is about 34% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Hunters Creek Elementary School totals 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hunters Creek Elementary School is about 19%. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Hunters Creek Elementary School outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.7% at Hunters Creek Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.3%.
Harris County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Memorial Drive Elementary School, is the closest to Hunters Creek Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hunters Creek Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 72.3% is above the 69.7% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 577 to 575. The ratio was 16.0:1 in 2020-21 and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Hunters Creek Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 SPRING BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Hunters Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hunters Creek Elementary. Hunters Creek Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 749 students
- Hunters Creek ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Drive Elementary School1.0 mi · 388
- Spring Branch Middle School1.2 mi · 1,137
- Valley Oaks Elementary School1.2 mi · 894
- The Bear Blvd School1.3 mi · 257
- Cornerstone Academy1.4 mi · 423
- Memorial High School1.5 mi · 2,636
Frequently asked questions
About Hunters Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Hunters Creek Elementary School?
Hunters Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hunters Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hunters Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hunters Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Hunters Creek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hunters Creek Elementary School?
At Hunters Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hunters Creek Elementary School?
Hunters Creek Elementary School is overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.