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TIMBER CREEK H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 TIMBER CREEK H S
Located at 12350 TIMBERLAND BLVD, in FORT WORTH, Texas, TIMBER CREEK H S is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus that instructs 2,970 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within KELLER ISD. That puts it 273% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
TIMBER CREEK H S is one of 42 schools operated by KELLER ISD, a district that hosts 32,042 students overall.
On the student-mix side, TIMBER CREEK H S shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Tarrant County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 175 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TIMBER CREEK H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.0%.
In the broader community, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which TIMBER CREEK H S is one.
The closest other public school is CAPROCK EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TIMBER CREEK H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 57.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Trend over the last 7 years. TIMBER CREEK H S's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 3,237 (now 2,970). White enrollment moved from 55% to 45% across the same window.
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