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LAKE CREEK H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
About LAKE CREEK H S
LAKE CREEK H S is a four-year high school of well-populated scale in MONTGOMERY, Texas, run under MONTGOMERY ISD, caters to 1,692 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 113% above typical.
MONTGOMERY ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 9,889 students. LAKE CREEK H S is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, LAKE CREEK H S records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, LAKE CREEK H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 72.5%.
In the area at large, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $97,701, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), LAKE CREEK H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CREEKSIDE EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE CREEK H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.1%.
LAKE CREEK H S operates from a small-town location.
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