TIMBER CREEK EL

As a mid-tier elementary school in LIVINGSTON, Texas, TIMBER CREEK EL teaches 499 students from grades 1 through 5, part of LIVINGSTON ISD.

LIVINGSTON ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,016 students; TIMBER CREEK EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, TIMBER CREEK EL shows that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at TIMBER CREEK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, TIMBER CREEK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,259 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Polk County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,045 students), of which TIMBER CREEK EL is one.

The closest other public school is CEDAR GROVE EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around TIMBER CREEK EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TIMBER CREEK EL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 12%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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