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WILLOW CREEK EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WILLOW CREEK EL
As a moderately sized elementary campus in TOMBALL, Texas, WILLOW CREEK EL serves 687 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by TOMBALL ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WILLOW CREEK EL sits 32% above that benchmark.
Across the 23 schools in TOMBALL ISD (22,913 students total), WILLOW CREEK EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, WILLOW CREEK EL shows that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 24% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 10% Black, 3% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Harris County's rate of about 70%.
After controlling for student poverty, WILLOW CREEK EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.5%; actual is 78.3%, +21.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which WILLOW CREEK EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: NORTHPOINTE INT, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILLOW CREEK EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.
WILLOW CREEK EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Over the past 7-year window. WILLOW CREEK EL's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 798 (now 687). Over the same period, the White share declined from 54% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the WILLOW CREEK EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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