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Which teacher or staff member at REECES CREEK EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
832
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566006733
Reeces Creek Elementary School
400 W STAN SCHLUETER LOOP, KILLEEN, TX 76542 · (254) 336-2150 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.7:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
602 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 86 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Reeces Creek Elementary School
Reeces Creek Elementary School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeces Creek Elementary School this school | 832 | 72.4% | 36.8% |
| Iduma Elementary School KILLEEN | 801 | 71.8% | 39.4% |
| Haynes Elementary School KILLEEN | 811 | 67.7% | 43.4% |
| Willow Springs Elementary School KILLEEN | 670 | 77.8% | 38.9% |
| Russell P Schupmann Elementary School GLENN HEIGHTS | 756 | 69.0% | 36.1% |
| Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet DALLAS | 659 | 70.0% | 38.0% |
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 Reeces Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,982 of 4,401 | #40 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,841 of 4,466 ▼ 461 | #49 of 55 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,033 of 4,466 ▼ 432 | #39 of 55 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #320 of 3,998 | #4 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #348 of 4,938 | #9 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,196 of 4,622 | #24 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #637 of 4,628 | #27 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #2,431 of 4,789 | #20 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #2,251 of 2,838 | #27 of 33 |
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
832
-61 (-7%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
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 | 832 | 56.5 | 14.7:1 | 72% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 56.8 | 15.3:1 | 78% (674) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 61.7 | 13.9:1 | 67% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 59 | 15.1:1 | 68% (610) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 60 | 15.0:1 | 75% (675) |
| 2015-16 | 1,095 | 71 | 15.4:1 | 62% (683) |
| 2010-11 | 1,182 | 74 | 16.0:1 | 41% (485) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 50% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 46 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reeces Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (900 to 832); teachers down 6% (60 to 56.5).
About Reeces Creek Elementary School
Reeces Creek Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school based in KILLEEN, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 832 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 60% higher.
Reeces Creek Elementary School is run by KILLEEN ISD, whose 55 schools enroll 42,883 students.
The biggest share of students at Reeces Creek Elementary School, 46%, is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% White, and 3% Pacific Islander. In Bell County overall, about 23% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Reeces Creek Elementary School scores 69%.
The school's 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Income data for the school show 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Bell County average 57%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Reeces Creek Elementary School outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Reeces Creek Elementary School is 6.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.8% actual, 42.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In Bell County, median household income comes to about $68,865, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 130, with about 71,041 students.
The closest school to Reeces Creek Elementary School is C E Ellison High School, located about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of Reeces Creek Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Reeces Creek Elementary School is behind the 37.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Reeces Creek Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 832, from 893 in 2020-21.
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Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in KILLEEN
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
- Killeen Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- C E Ellison High School1.0 mi · 1,761
- Trimmier Elementary School1.3 mi · 672
- Palo Alto Middle School1.5 mi · 781
- Willow Springs Elementary School1.5 mi · 670
- Pathways Academic Campus1.6 mi · 282
- Saegert Elementary School1.8 mi · 940
Frequently asked questions
About Reeces Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Reeces Creek Elementary School?
Reeces Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 832 students in grades PK-05.
Is Reeces Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Reeces Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Reeces Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Reeces Creek Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Reeces Creek Elementary School?
At Reeces Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 28% Hispanic, 46% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Reeces Creek Elementary School public or private?
Reeces Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KILLEEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.