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What's the one class at PLUM CREEK EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOCKHART ISD·NCES 482787006293
Plum Creek Elementary School
710 FLORES ST, LOCKHART, TX 78644 · (512) 398-0570 · Caldwell County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
447 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 grade levels within LOCKHART ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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
Plum Creek Elementary School's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Creek Elementary School this school | 522 | 85.6% | 41.9% |
| W M Pearce Primary School SAN ANTONIO | 529 | 84.3% | 46.3% |
| Crain Elementary School VICTORIA | 561 | 85.4% | 24.9% |
| Oralia R Rodriguez Elementary School SEGUIN | 499 | 84.6% | 36.0% |
| Creedmoor Elementary School CREEDMOOR | 525 | 87.4% | 25.7% |
| Noel Elementary School ODESSA | 501 | 87.2% | 26.8% |
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 Caldwell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #2,346 of 4,401 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,975 of 4,466 ▼ 31 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,754 of 4,466 ▼ 137 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,536 of 3,998 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #2,323 of 4,938 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,802 of 4,622 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #3,847 of 4,628 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #1,514 of 4,789 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #2,044 of 2,838 | N/A |
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
522
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 522 | 33.9 | 15.4:1 | 86% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 35.2 | 14.9:1 | 81% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 34.1 | 14.7:1 | 83% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 89% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 35.8 | 16.2:1 | 87% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 79% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 78% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 56% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 26 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plum Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (578 to 522); teachers down 5% (35.8 to 33.9).
About Plum Creek Elementary School
Plum Creek Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in LOCKHART, Texas. Enrolled students number 522 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Plum Creek Elementary School sits within LOCKHART ISD, which has 9 schools and 6,753 students.
The large majority of students at Plum Creek Elementary School, 91%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 6% White and 2% Black. Caldwell County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Plum Creek Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
The teaching staff at Plum Creek Elementary School is 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.4:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 86%. That is higher than the 76% average for public schools in Caldwell County.
The allk12 Grade for Plum Creek Elementary School is B. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Texas, Plum Creek Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.9% actual against a predicted 37.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Caldwell County show that median household income is about $69,758, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 19 public schools in Caldwell County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,286.
The closest public school, George W Carver Early Education Center, is about 0.3 miles from Plum Creek Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Plum Creek Elementary School is 2nd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Plum Creek Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 522, close to the 513 recorded in 2020-21.
Discussions about Plum Creek Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Caldwell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,669
Census ACS
Median income
$69,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,286 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOCKHART ISD
- Lockhart High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Lockhart Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,501 students
- Navarro Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Bluebonnet Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Clear Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other schools in LOCKHART
- Lockhart High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Lockhart Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,501 students
- Navarro Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Bluebonnet Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- The Excel Center (for Adults)High · 571 students
- Clear Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 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 largest of the 3.
- Plum Creek Elementary SchoolJOSHUA, TX · 446 students
- Plum Creek ElementaryHutchinson, KS · 448 students
Nearby schools
- George W Carver Early Education Center0.3 mi · 325
- Lockhart Pride High School0.8 mi · 66
- Lockhart High School1.5 mi · 2,006
- Clear Fork Elementary School1.5 mi · 523
- Navarro Elementary School1.6 mi · 667
- The Excel Center (for Adults)1.7 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Plum Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Plum Creek Elementary School?
Plum Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Plum Creek Elementary School serve?
Plum Creek Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Plum Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Plum Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Plum Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Plum Creek Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Plum Creek Elementary School in?
Plum Creek Elementary School is part of LOCKHART ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.