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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985021181
Valley Creek Elementary School
2800 VLY CREEK TRL, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 · (469) 302-4800 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
15.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
110 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Valley Creek Elementary School→Faubion Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from MCKINNEY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Valley Creek Elementary School
Valley Creek Elementary School's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Creek Elementary School this school | 498 | 22.1% | 57.8% |
| Moss Haven Elementary School DALLAS | 467 | 19.5% | 65.5% |
| Eagle Mountain Elementary School FORT WORTH | 554 | 18.6% | 55.0% |
| Mt Peak Elementary School MIDLOTHIAN | 567 | 25.0% | 55.0% |
| Bette Perot Elementary School KELLER | 498 | 24.5% | 70.6% |
| Tanglewood Elementary School FORT WORTH | 575 | 19.5% | 75.2% |
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 Valley Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #889 of 4,401 | #94 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,597 of 4,466 ▼ 653 | #107 of 165 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,186 of 4,466 ▼ 487 | #97 of 165 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #675 of 3,998 | #30 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #2,570 of 4,938 | #106 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,545 of 4,622 | #115 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #1,225 of 4,628 | #132 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #4,393 of 4,789 | #93 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #2,050 of 2,838 | #74 of 94 |
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
498
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 498 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 32.5 | 15.6:1 | 23% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 32.1 | 17.7:1 | 25% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 37.2 | 14.8:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (551 to 498); teachers down 11% (37.2 to 33).
About Valley Creek Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Valley Creek Elementary School serves students in MCKINNEY, Texas. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 498 students.
Besides Valley Creek Elementary School, MCKINNEY ISD runs 32 other schools. The district enrolls 23,296 students.
By race and ethnicity, Valley Creek Elementary School is 57% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The White share in Collin County as a whole is similar, at about 54%. By the diversity index, Valley Creek Elementary School comes in at 62%.
Valley Creek Elementary School employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.1:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Valley Creek Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 22%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Valley Creek Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Valley Creek Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.8% is 6.5 points below the 64.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Collin County residents, median household income is about $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Valley Creek Elementary School is one of 338 public schools in Collin County, which together enroll about 227,575 students.
The closest other public school is Arthur H McNeil Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Valley Creek Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 57.8% against a local average of 50.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 465 to 498 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MCKINNEY ISD
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Faubion Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
Nearby schools
- Arthur H McNeil Elementary School1.0 mi · 335
- Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary School1.3 mi · 415
- Roy Lee Walker Elementary School1.3 mi · 381
- McKinney High School1.6 mi · 2,668
- Jesse McGowen Elementary School1.7 mi · 570
- Reuben Johnson Elementary School1.9 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Valley Creek Elementary School?
Valley Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Valley Creek Elementary School serve?
Valley Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Valley Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Valley Creek Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Valley Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Valley Creek Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 15% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Valley Creek Elementary School in?
Valley Creek Elementary School is part of MCKINNEY ISD.
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