HUNTERS CREEK EL

HUNTERS CREEK EL is an average-sized elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within SPRING BRANCH ISD. The school teaches 575 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 46 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD (33,793 students total), HUNTERS CREEK EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HUNTERS CREEK EL records that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HUNTERS CREEK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 71.4%, a residual of +5.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HUNTERS CREEK EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MEMORIAL DRIVE EL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HUNTERS CREEK EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 673 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.