Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA ISD·NCES 484248013224
Waggoner Creek Elementary School
6335 GIBSON LN, TEXARKANA, TX 75503 · (903) 255-3301 · Bowie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
140 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Waggoner Creek Elementary School→Texas Middle School
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -11.0pp since 2023
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 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 34.0% |
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% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Waggoner Creek Elementary School
Waggoner Creek Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waggoner Creek Elementary School this school | 337 | 41.5% | 43.9% |
| Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School TEXARKANA | 351 | 33.6% | 94.9% |
| Spring Hill Primary School LONGVIEW | 426 | 44.1% | N/A |
| John G Tower Elementary School WICHITA FALLS | 448 | 44.6% | 55.5% |
| Grapeland Elementary School GRAPELAND | 325 | 52.6% | 36.9% |
| Ethridge Elementary School THE COLONY | 329 | 37.1% | 51.0% |
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 Waggoner Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bowie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,095 of 4,401 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,393 of 4,466 ▲ 22 | #12 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,211 of 4,466 ▲ 745 | #5 of 17 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #3,970 of 4,938 | #10 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,068 of 4,622 | #14 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #1,406 of 4,628 | #6 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #3,889 of 4,789 | #19 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.0% | #558 of 1,307 | N/A |
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
337
+45 (+15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 337 | 23.1 | 14.6:1 | 42% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 24.2 | 14.3:1 | 39% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 25.3 | 13.3:1 | 44% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 36% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 19.1 | 15.3:1 | 43% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waggoner Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (293 to 337); teachers up 21% (19.1 to 23.1).
About Waggoner Creek Elementary School
Waggoner Creek Elementary School is a public elementary school run by TEXARKANA ISD in TEXARKANA, Texas. School enrollment was 337 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
TEXARKANA ISD counts 13 schools and 7,269 students, including Waggoner Creek Elementary School.
At Waggoner Creek Elementary School, White students make up 58% of the student body. Next come 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 23.1 full-time equivalents, or about 14.6 students per teacher. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 42% of students, or 140, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Bowie County, the average is 68%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Waggoner Creek Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Waggoner Creek Elementary School is 12.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (43.9% versus 56.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
County data help place the school in context: in Bowie County, the median household income is $59,803, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. In all, Bowie County has 46 public schools and roughly 17,523 students.
The closest public school to Waggoner Creek Elementary School is Nash Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Waggoner Creek Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Waggoner Creek Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Waggoner Creek Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 292 in 2020-21 to 337 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 12.2 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 2024-25.
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Bowie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,115
Census ACS
Median income
$59,803
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
17,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXARKANA ISD
- Texas High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Texas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,421 students
- Nash Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Wake Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Digital Academy of TexasHigh · 471 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- Texas High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Texas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,421 students
- Pleasant Grove High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Liberty-Eylau Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Liberty-Eylau High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Pleasant Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
Nearby schools
- Nash Elementary School0.8 mi · 667
- Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School1.0 mi · 351
- Pleasant Grove High School1.1 mi · 821
- Pleasant Grove Intermediate School1.6 mi · 514
- Wake Village Elementary School2.6 mi · 539
- Pleasant Grove Middle School2.7 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Waggoner Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Waggoner Creek Elementary School?
Waggoner Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Waggoner Creek Elementary School serve?
Waggoner Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waggoner Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waggoner Creek Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Waggoner Creek Elementary School?
Waggoner Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 10% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Waggoner Creek Elementary School in?
Waggoner Creek Elementary School is part of TEXARKANA ISD.
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