PRAIRIE CREEK EL

Set in RICHARDSON, Texas, PRAIRIE CREEK EL is a tight-knit elementary school, operated by RICHARDSON ISD. It instructs 304 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within RICHARDSON ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 38,526 students, PRAIRIE CREEK EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PRAIRIE CREEK EL lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 35% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PRAIRIE CREEK EL records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PRAIRIE CREEK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PRAIRIE CREEK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.7%, the actual is 80.8%, a residual of +10.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. PRAIRIE CREEK EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (RICHARDSON), around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PRAIRIE CREEK EL. On composite proficiency, PRAIRIE CREEK EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

PRAIRIE CREEK EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PRAIRIE CREEK EL has contracted 9%, going from 335 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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