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Enrollment
970
Elementary
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMBALL ISD·NCES 484296012593
Timber Creek Elementary School
8455 CREEKSIDE GREEN DR, THE WOODLANDS, TX 77389 · (281) 357-3060 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL970 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
125 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 4 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 175 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (149) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (159).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Timber Creek Elementary School→Creekside Park Junior High School
Based on grade levels within TOMBALL ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 59.0% | 25.0% | 11.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 50.0% | 31.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 74.0% |
| 2021-22 | 84.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Timber Creek Elementary School
Timber Creek Elementary School's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Creek Elementary School this school | 970 | 12.9% | 75.8% |
| Whitestone Elementary School LEANDER | 855 | 18.1% | 50.6% |
| Deretchin Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 1,209 | 16.1% | 76.6% |
| Creekview Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 937 | 13.7% | 80.3% |
| Van Raub Elementary School FAIR OAKS RANCH | 759 | 13.3% | 72.9% |
| Judy Rucker Elementary School PROSPER | 681 | 13.2% | 57.0% |
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 Timber Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #167 of 4,401 | #26 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #129 of 4,466 ▲ 75 | #17 of 625 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #146 of 4,466 ▼ 9 | #24 of 625 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,894 of 3,998 | #295 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 970 | #119 of 4,938 | #44 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,356 of 4,622 | #451 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #986 of 4,628 | #122 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #4,589 of 4,789 | #659 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +87.6% | #37 of 1,307 | #5 of 148 |
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
970
+352 (+57%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 970 | 60.3 | 16.1:1 | 13% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 967 | 59.7 | 16.2:1 | 15% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 933 | 58.2 | 16.0:1 | 16% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 6% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 33.9 | 15.2:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 3% (13) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timber Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 88% (517 to 970); teachers up 78% (33.9 to 60.3).
About Timber Creek Elementary School
Students in THE WOODLANDS, Texas, attend Timber Creek Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment is 970 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 87% higher.
TOMBALL ISD has 23 schools; together they serve 22,913 students.
At Timber Creek Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 42%. The remaining shares are 40% White, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. Timber Creek Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 60.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 16.1:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 13% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 70% for public schools in Harris County.
Timber Creek Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Timber Creek Elementary School are 7.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (75.8% actual, 68.2% predicted).
Across Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Harris County has 1,205 public schools and roughly 886,911 students.
The nearest other public school, Ischool-Creekside, is about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Timber Creek Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Timber Creek Elementary School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 618 to 970. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.4:1 to 16.1:1.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TOMBALL ISD
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Tomball Junior High SchoolMiddle · 948 students
Other schools in THE WOODLANDS
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- McCullough Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,195 students
- Knox Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,395 students
- Mitchell Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,253 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
Other Timber Creek Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Timber Creek Elementary. Timber Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolLIVINGSTON, TX · 499 students
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolFLOWER MOUND, TX · 410 students
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolOverland Park, KS · 583 students
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolMoore, OK · 549 students
- TIMBER CREEK ELEM.RAYMORE, MO · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Ischool-Creekside0.4 mi · 130
- Creekside Park Junior High School0.5 mi · 1,219
- Creekview Elementary School0.6 mi · 937
- Sst the Woodlands1.4 mi · 559
- Hofius Intermediate School1.5 mi · 1,313
- Metzler Elementary School1.6 mi · 846
Frequently asked questions
About Timber Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Timber Creek Elementary School?
Timber Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 970 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Timber Creek Elementary School serve?
Timber Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Timber Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Timber Creek Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Timber Creek Elementary School?
At Timber Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Timber Creek Elementary School?
Timber Creek Elementary School is overseen by TOMBALL ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.