SPRING CREEK EL

SPRING CREEK EL is a close-knit elementary campus in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within RICHARDSON ISD. The school instructs 422 students in grades pre-K through 6.

RICHARDSON ISD runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 38,526 students. SPRING CREEK EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SPRING CREEK EL lists that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 35% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SPRING CREEK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.6%, the actual is 77.0%, a residual of +11.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which SPRING CREEK EL is one.

The closest other public school is WESTWOOD MATH SCIENCE LEADERSHIP MAGNET, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPRING CREEK EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.7%.

SPRING CREEK EL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPRING CREEK EL has climbed 27%, going from 331 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 69% to 62% over that span.

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