Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIFE SCHOOL·NCES 480005512794
Life School Mountain Creek
5525 W ILLINOIS AVE, DALLAS, TX 75211 · (214) 623-0012 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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.
- C-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
15.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
280 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 57% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
33%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Life School Mountain Creek→Life H S Waxahachie
Based on grade levels within LIFE SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Life School Mountain Creek
Life School Mountain Creek's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life School Mountain Creek this school | 354 | 79.1% | 29.8% |
| Bob Hope Elementary School-Baytown BAYTOWN | 370 | 82.7% | 73.5% |
| Linton Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 368 | 82.3% | 33.5% |
| Finch Elementary School MCKINNEY | 341 | 81.2% | 32.8% |
| Smith Elementary School RICHMOND | 307 | 76.2% | 44.7% |
| Meadow Village Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 367 | 81.2% | 33.1% |
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 Life School Mountain Creek ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #3,682 of 4,401 | #329 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,608 of 4,466 ▲ 190 | #333 of 429 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,292 of 4,466 ▲ 81 | #284 of 429 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #805 of 3,998 | #51 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #3,843 of 4,938 | #364 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,214 of 4,622 | #302 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #3,331 of 4,628 | #306 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #2,022 of 4,789 | #290 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #1,142 of 2,838 | #121 of 274 |
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
354
+62 (+21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
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 | 354 | 22.3 | 15.9:1 | 79% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 20.9 | 16.6:1 | 79% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 77% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 62% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 24.8 | 17.9:1 | 65% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 68% (194) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Life School Mountain Creek.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (444 to 354); teachers down 10% (24.8 to 22.3).
About Life School Mountain Creek
Life School Mountain Creek sits in DALLAS, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 354 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
LIFE SCHOOL runs 8 schools with a combined 5,735 students. Life School Mountain Creek is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Life School Mountain Creek is Hispanic, at 81%. Other reported shares: 15% Black and 3% White. Dallas County's residents are about 41% Hispanic, 39 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
Based on 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Life School Mountain Creek has a ratio of 15.9:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 0.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 79%. The average for public schools in Dallas County is similar, at 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Life School Mountain Creek lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Life School Mountain Creek falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 29.8% actual against 39.9% predicted.
The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Life School Mountain Creek among them.
Life School Mountain Creek is about 0.2 miles from Moises E Molina High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Life School Mountain Creek ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Life School Mountain Creek as a charter school.
The school's enrollment rose 21% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Life School Mountain Creek. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 LIFE SCHOOL
- Life School Oak CliffCombined · 1,483 students
- Life H S WaxahachieHigh · 1,114 students
- Life School Red OakElementary · 1,045 students
- Life Middle WaxahachieMiddle · 551 students
- Life School LancasterElementary · 455 students
- Life School Cedar HillElementary · 450 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Moises E Molina High School0.2 mi · 2,006
- Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School0.4 mi · 538
- Trinidad Garza Early College at Mt View0.7 mi · 474
- Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School0.9 mi · 603
- Nancy J Cochran Elementary School1.1 mi · 455
- Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr Elementary School1.5 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Life School Mountain CreekHow many students attend Life School Mountain Creek?
Life School Mountain Creek enrolls approximately 354 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Life School Mountain Creek serve?
Life School Mountain Creek serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Life School Mountain Creek?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Life School Mountain Creek is approximately 15.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Life School Mountain Creek?
Life School Mountain Creek reports a student body of 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Life School Mountain Creek?
Life School Mountain Creek is overseen by LIFE SCHOOL in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.