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Enrollment
885
Elementary
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MELISSA ISD·NCES 483012011883
North Creek Elementary School
4401 CYPRESS DR, MELISSA, TX 75454 · (972) 837-4530 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL885 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
165 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 166 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from MELISSA ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 49.0% | 23.0% | 16.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 North Creek Elementary School
North Creek Elementary School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Creek Elementary School this school | 885 | 18.6% | 64.5% |
| Wally Watkins Elementary School WYLIE | 832 | 17.9% | 81.4% |
| Billie Stevenson Elementary School FATE | 805 | 18.1% | 60.4% |
| Birnham Woods Elementary School SPRING | 845 | 17.6% | 63.0% |
| Broadway Elementary School SPRING | 914 | 21.3% | 68.8% |
| Huggins Elementary School FULSHEAR | 833 | 21.2% | 64.4% |
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 North Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #542 of 4,401 | #73 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #955 of 4,466 ▼ 471 | #83 of 165 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #627 of 4,466 ▲ 19 | #69 of 165 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,198 of 3,998 | #29 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 885 | #234 of 4,938 | #8 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #4,107 of 4,622 | #159 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #590 of 4,628 | #88 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #4,468 of 4,789 | #108 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +92.8% | #32 of 1,307 | #2 of 54 |
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
885
+73 (+9%) vs 2020
+299% since 2010-11, when it was 222
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 885 | 50.3 | 17.6:1 | 19% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 49.1 | 16.8:1 | 16% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 49.7 | 16.3:1 | 19% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 14% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 28.8 | 15.9:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 20% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 93% (459 to 885); teachers up 75% (28.8 to 50.3).
About North Creek Elementary School
North Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of MELISSA, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 885 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 71% larger than average.
North Creek Elementary School reports to MELISSA ISD, which has 7 schools and 7,735 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at North Creek Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 49%. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At North Creek Elementary School, 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 17.6:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 19% of enrollment. The gap from the 30% average for public schools in Collin County is 11 points.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, North Creek Elementary School's results are 1.2 points below predicted: 64.5% against 65.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for Collin County show that the median household income is $121,600, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. North Creek Elementary School is one of 338 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Harry McKillop Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 53.8% on proficiency, and North Creek Elementary School is above that at 64.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment climbed 9% from its 2020-21 level of 812.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MELISSA ISD
- Melissa High SchoolHigh · 1,983 students
- Melissa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,741 students
- Harry McKillop Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,016 students
- Sumeer ElememtaryElementary · 962 students
- Willow Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
- Melissa Ridge Education CenterElementary · 291 students
Other schools in MELISSA
- Melissa High SchoolHigh · 1,983 students
- Melissa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,741 students
- Harry McKillop Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,016 students
- Sumeer ElememtaryElementary · 962 students
- Melissa Ridge Education CenterElementary · 291 students
- East Cardinal Middle SchoolElementary
Other North Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named North Creek Elementary. North Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- North Creek Elementary SchoolCHELSEA, MI · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Harry McKillop Elementary School1.0 mi · 1,016
- Clemons Creek Middle School1.3 mi · 614
- Judith L Harlow Elementary School1.5 mi · 731
- Melissa High School1.6 mi · 1,983
- Melissa Middle School1.6 mi · 1,741
- Melissa Ridge Education Center1.9 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About North Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at North Creek Elementary School?
North Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 885 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does North Creek Elementary School serve?
North Creek Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does North Creek Elementary School have?
North Creek Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at North Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at North Creek Elementary School are roughly 49% White, 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is North Creek Elementary School in?
North Creek Elementary School is part of MELISSA ISD.
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