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SILVER CREEK EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SILVER CREEK EL
SILVER CREEK EL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in AZLE, Texas, part of AZLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 448 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.
SILVER CREEK EL is one of 12 schools operated by AZLE ISD, a district that educates 7,304 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SILVER CREEK EL records that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, SILVER CREEK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 48.5%.
Around the school, Parker County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,443 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Parker County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students), of which SILVER CREEK EL is one.
The closest other public school is HILLTOP EL, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SILVER CREEK EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.5%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SILVER CREEK EL has shrank 24%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
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