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SPRINGTOWN EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 SPRINGTOWN EL
SPRINGTOWN EL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in SPRINGTOWN, Texas, overseen by SPRINGTOWN ISD, with 680 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
Across the 7 schools in SPRINGTOWN ISD (4,188 students total), SPRINGTOWN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, SPRINGTOWN EL shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, SPRINGTOWN EL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Parker County's rate of about 33%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SPRINGTOWN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 46.3%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Parker County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,443 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. SPRINGTOWN EL is one of 51 public schools in Parker County (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students).
PORCUPINE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPRINGTOWN EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPRINGTOWN EL has grew 25%, going from 543 students in 2018 to 680 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 75% to 63%.
On allk12, members of the SPRINGTOWN EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Parker County at a glance
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