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Enrollment
687
Elementary
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMBALL ISD·NCES 484296007956
Willow Creek Elementary School
18302 N ELDRIDGE PKWY, TOMBALL, TX 77377 · (281) 357-3080 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
273 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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 159 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 42% smaller than its 4th grade class (159).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 33.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 49.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 74.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 81.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 80.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% 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%.
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 Willow Creek Elementary School
Willow Creek Elementary School's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek Elementary School this school | 687 | 39.7% | 79.2% |
| John W Armstrong Elementary School SACHSE | 724 | 41.2% | 67.0% |
| Condit Elementary School BELLAIRE | 730 | 36.2% | 68.7% |
| Luna Elementary School GARLAND | 544 | 37.5% | 63.8% |
| Sue Creech Elementary School KATY | 804 | 39.8% | 69.7% |
| Dodd Elementary School WYLIE | 607 | 41.8% | 76.0% |
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 Willow Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #101 of 4,401 | #15 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #308 of 4,466 ▼ 155 | #34 of 625 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #244 of 4,466 ▲ 76 | #32 of 625 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,151 of 3,998 | #155 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #1,004 of 4,938 | #251 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,124 of 4,622 | #284 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #374 of 4,628 | #47 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #3,949 of 4,789 | #600 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #1,705 of 2,838 | #293 of 441 |
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
687
-47 (-6%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 687 | 46.9 | 14.6:1 | 40% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 50.3 | 14.5:1 | 39% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 51.1 | 14.7:1 | 36% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 22% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 49.1 | 16.2:1 | 20% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 15% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 15% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 26% (200) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (798 to 687); teachers down 4% (49.1 to 46.9).
About Willow Creek Elementary School
Willow Creek Elementary School is one of the public schools in TOMBALL, Texas. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 687 students enrolled. That is 32% bigger than the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Willow Creek Elementary School belongs to TOMBALL ISD, a district of 23 schools and 22,913 students.
White students make up 41% of enrollment at Willow Creek Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Willow Creek Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 40%. The average for public schools in Harris County is 70%.
BeatsExpectations places Willow Creek Elementary School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 22.4 points above it (79.2% actual, 56.7% predicted).
In Harris County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Willow Creek Elementary School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Northpointe Intermediate School, is about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Willow Creek Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Willow Creek Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 6% over 4 years, reaching 687 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Willow Creek Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Timber Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 970 students
Other schools in TOMBALL
- Tomball High SchoolHigh · 3,227 students
- Tomball Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,213 students
- Tomball Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Grand Lakes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Tomball Junior High SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Willow Wood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 884 students
Other Willow Creek Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Willow Creek Elementary. Willow Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 10.
- Willow Creek Elementary SchoolSAGINAW, TX · 641 students
- Willow Creek Elementary SchoolKINGWOOD, TX · 581 students
- WILLOW CREEK ELEMENTARYNAMPA, ID · 598 students
- Willow Creek Elementary SchoolFleetwood, PA · 564 students
- WILLOW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 503 students
Nearby schools
- Northpointe Intermediate School0.1 mi · 768
- Willow Wood Junior High School0.4 mi · 884
- Canyon Pointe Elementary School1.1 mi · 829
- Tomball Memorial High School1.4 mi · 3,213
- Kohrville Elementary School1.5 mi · 671
- Blackshear Elementary School1.5 mi · 722
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Willow Creek Elementary School?
Willow Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 687 students in grades PK-04.
Is Willow Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willow Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Willow Creek Elementary School have?
Willow Creek Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Willow Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Willow Creek Elementary School are roughly 41% White, 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 22% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Willow Creek Elementary School in?
Willow Creek Elementary School is part of TOMBALL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.