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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702004159
Spring Creek Elementary School
7667 ROUNDROCK RD, DALLAS, TX 75248 · (469) 593-4500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
80 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (48).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
87.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 64.0% | 23.0% | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 48.0% | 31.0% | 12.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 87.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Spring Creek Elementary School
Spring Creek Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek Elementary School this school | 422 | 19.0% | 79.3% |
| Highland Village Elementary School HIGHLAND VILLAGE | 385 | 18.2% | 66.4% |
| Wylie West Intermediate School ABILENE | 465 | 20.4% | 65.8% |
| Lee Elementary School AUSTIN | 428 | 16.6% | 66.1% |
| Cypress Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 506 | 18.2% | 54.6% |
| Westwood Elementary School FRIENDSWOOD | 497 | 17.5% | N/A |
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 Spring Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #99 of 4,401 | #12 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #168 of 4,466 ▼ 41 | #20 of 429 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #80 of 4,466 ▲ 28 | #16 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.5pp | #74 of 3,998 | #3 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #3,312 of 4,938 | #310 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,752 of 4,622 | #147 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #1,777 of 4,628 | #116 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.0% | #4,458 of 4,789 | #419 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.5% | #288 of 1,307 | #21 of 118 |
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
422
+30 (+8%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 422 | 29.6 | 14.3:1 | 19% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 30.9 | 13.4:1 | 22% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 32.2 | 12.8:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 22.9 | 14.4:1 | 16% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 16% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 27% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 18% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 19 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (331 to 422); teachers up 29% (22.9 to 29.6).
About Spring Creek Elementary School
Federal records list Spring Creek Elementary School as an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. The student body numbers 422 students, from pre-K through 6.
RICHARDSON ISD has 38,526 students spread across 55 schools.
A majority of students at Spring Creek Elementary School, 62%, are White. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 27 points above the 35% share among Dallas County residents. Spring Creek Elementary School has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 29.6 full-time equivalents, or about 14.3 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 19% of students, or 80, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Dallas County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Spring Creek Elementary School would be expected to post about 65.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Spring Creek Elementary School is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County, which together enroll about 459,645 students.
Nearby, Westwood Math Science Leadership Magnet is about 0.3 miles away. Spring Creek Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 60.3% on proficiency, and Spring Creek Elementary School is above that at 79.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 392 in 2020-21 and 422 in 2024-25, an 8% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Other Spring Creek Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Spring Creek Elementary. Spring Creek Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 16.
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolCOLLEGE STATION, TX · 696 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolGARLAND, TX · 673 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryGoldsboro, NC · 804 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 698 students
- SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBONITA SPRINGS, FL · 664 students
Nearby schools
- Westwood Math Science Leadership Magnet0.3 mi · 630
- Northwood Hills Elementary School0.7 mi · 563
- Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy North Dallas0.7 mi · 300
- Arapaho Classical Magnet0.8 mi · 615
- Richardson High School0.8 mi · 2,669
- Richardson West Technology and Arts Magnet0.9 mi · 771
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Spring Creek Elementary School?
Spring Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Spring Creek Elementary School serve?
Spring Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Spring Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Spring Creek Elementary School.
How diverse is Spring Creek Elementary School?
Spring Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 62% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Spring Creek Elementary School in?
Spring Creek Elementary School is part of RICHARDSON ISD.
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