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What's the biggest difference between PLUM CREEK EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOSHUA ISD·NCES 482493007666
Plum Creek Elementary School
500 PLUM ST, JOSHUA, TX 76058 · (817) 202-2500 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
187 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +53.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 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 53 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 32.0% | 24.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Plum Creek Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Creek Elementary School this school | 446 | 41.9% | 57.8% |
| Carson Elementary School DECATUR | 489 | 42.3% | 33.2% |
| Shallowater Elementary School SHALLOWATER | 428 | 37.9% | N/A |
| China Spring Primary School CHINA SPRING | 456 | 39.7% | N/A |
| Kline Whitis Elementary School LAMPASAS | 449 | 47.0% | 55.2% |
| Robinson Primary School ROBINSON | 389 | 43.7% | N/A |
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 Plum Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #888 of 4,401 | #8 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #946 of 4,466 ▲ 45 | #7 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #834 of 4,466 ▲ 435 | #4 of 33 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,028 of 3,998 | #11 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #3,056 of 4,938 | #20 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,338 of 4,622 | #19 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #2,558 of 4,628 | #29 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #3,879 of 4,789 | #26 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #2,350 of 2,838 | #15 of 21 |
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
446
+34 (+8%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 446 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 42% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 55% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 58% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 48% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 32.9 | 14.5:1 | 55% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 50% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 56% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 37 | 18.7:1 | 36% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plum Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (477 to 446); teachers down 9% (32.9 to 30).
About Plum Creek Elementary School
Plum Creek Elementary School sits in JOSHUA, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 446 students.
JOSHUA ISD serves 6,026 students across 10 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Plum Creek Elementary School is 63% White. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic. Johnson County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.9:1 is based on 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. That is lower than the 51% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Plum Creek Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of Texas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Plum Creek Elementary School would score about 55.8%. It scores 57.8%, 2.0 points above that figure.
In the surrounding county, Johnson County, median household income comes to about $84,859, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 77 public schools and about 39,004 students.
Plum Creek Elementary School's nearest public school is New Horizon High School (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Plum Creek Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Plum Creek Elementary School's location as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 446, compared with 412 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.7:1 to 14.9:1.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JOSHUA ISD
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- R C Loflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Tom and Nita Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Caddo Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Other schools in JOSHUA
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- R C Loflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Caddo Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 467 students
Other Plum Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Plum Creek Elementary. Plum Creek Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Plum Creek Elementary SchoolLOCKHART, TX · 522 students
- Plum Creek ElementaryHutchinson, KS · 448 students
Nearby schools
- New Horizon High School0.2 mi · 30
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade Campus0.2 mi · 467
- Joshua High School0.5 mi · 1,313
- A G Elder Elementary School0.8 mi · 670
- H D Staples Elementary School0.9 mi · 406
- R C Loflin Middle School3.0 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About Plum Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Plum Creek Elementary School?
Plum Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Plum Creek Elementary School serve?
Plum Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Plum Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Plum Creek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Plum Creek Elementary School?
At Plum Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 34% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Plum Creek Elementary School in?
Plum Creek Elementary School is part of JOSHUA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.