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What's something MEADOW CREEK EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD·NCES 482406006868
Meadow Creek Elementary School
3001 HARWOOD, BEDFORD, TX 76021 · (817) 399-3620 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- B-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
16.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
222 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 24.0% | 18.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 62.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Meadow Creek Elementary School
Meadow Creek Elementary School's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Creek Elementary School this school | 649 | 34.2% | 67.9% |
| Theiss Elementary School KLEIN | 637 | 35.0% | 55.2% |
| J C Thompson Elementary School HASLET | 726 | 35.5% | 40.0% |
| Lake Country Elementary School FORT WORTH | 655 | 33.4% | 44.4% |
| Frank Elementary School KLEIN | 692 | 32.1% | 66.7% |
| Nottingham Elementary School HOUSTON | 746 | 35.7% | 65.3% |
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 Meadow Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #380 of 4,401 | #22 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #467 of 4,466 ▲ 12 | #28 of 339 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #776 of 4,466 ▼ 38 | #48 of 339 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,075 of 3,998 | #156 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #1,262 of 4,938 | #67 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,748 of 4,622 | #301 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #402 of 4,628 | #72 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #4,124 of 4,789 | #298 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,277 of 2,838 | #125 of 242 |
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
649
-59 (-8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 649 | 38.8 | 16.7:1 | 34% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 39.4 | 16.5:1 | 33% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 39.9 | 16.9:1 | 34% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 25% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 44.8 | 17.8:1 | 23% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 23% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 710 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 20% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 7% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 729 | 33 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (799 to 649); teachers down 13% (44.8 to 38.8).
About Meadow Creek Elementary School
Meadow Creek Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in BEDFORD, Texas. The school's 649 students are in pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD operates 31 schools. Combined enrollment is 23,262 students.
The most common group at Meadow Creek Elementary School is White students, at 41%. Other groups make up 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Meadow Creek Elementary School operates with 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 16.7:1 here. Meadow Creek Elementary School reports 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
The allk12 Grade for Meadow Creek Elementary School is A. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Meadow Creek Elementary School are 8.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (67.9% actual, 59.1% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tarrant County show that the median household income is $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Meadow Creek Elementary School, Tarrant County has 638 other public schools.
The closest public school, Harwood Junior High School, is about 0.2 miles from Meadow Creek Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Meadow Creek Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Meadow Creek Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Meadow Creek Elementary School had 708 students, to 2024-25, when it had 649.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD
- Trinity High SchoolHigh · 2,734 students
- Bell High SchoolHigh · 2,411 students
- Euless Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
- Central Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Harwood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Bedford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 968 students
Other schools in BEDFORD
- Harwood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Bedford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- Bedford Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 651 students
- Bell Manor Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Spring Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Shady Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Harwood Junior High School0.2 mi · 1,024
- Spring Garden Elementary School0.7 mi · 599
- Trinity High School1.4 mi · 2,734
- Lakewood Elementary School1.5 mi · 573
- Wilshire Elementary School1.5 mi · 681
- Midway Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Meadow Creek Elementary School?
Meadow Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Meadow Creek Elementary School serve?
Meadow Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Meadow Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Meadow Creek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meadow Creek Elementary School?
At Meadow Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Meadow Creek Elementary School public or private?
Meadow Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.