Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
WOODCREEK J H
School pathway
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WOODCREEK J H
Located at 1801 WOOD CREEK BEND LN, in KATY, Texas, WOODCREEK J H is a sizable junior high that educates 1,566 students (grades 6 through 8), run under KATY ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 144% bigger than typical.
KATY ISD comprises 78 schools with combined enrollment of 96,111 students; WOODCREEK J H is among them.
On the student-mix side, WOODCREEK J H shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, WOODCREEK J H records 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting WOODCREEK J H higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at WOODCREEK J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, WOODCREEK J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.5%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fort Bend County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WOODCREEK J H is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).
WOODCREEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WOODCREEK J H comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 74.3%.
WOODCREEK J H operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WOODCREEK J H has edged up 6%, going from 1,477 students in 2018 to 1,566 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 51% to 45%.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- SEVEN LAKES H SHigh · 3,773 students
- CINCO RANCH H SHigh · 3,740 students
- KATY H SHigh · 3,543 students
- PAETOW H SHigh · 3,447 students
- TAYLOR H SHigh · 3,384 students
- JORDAN H SHigh · 3,330 students
- SEVEN LAKES H SHigh · 3,773 students
- CINCO RANCH H SHigh · 3,740 students
- KATY H SHigh · 3,543 students
- PAETOW H SHigh · 3,447 students
- TAYLOR H SHigh · 3,384 students
- JORDAN H SHigh · 3,330 students
- WOODCREEK EL0.5 mi · 1,301
- PROJECT TYKE1.4 mi · 13
- TAYS J H1.4 mi · 1,462
- JENKS EL1.6 mi · 1,356
- KATY H S1.6 mi · 3,543
- RAY AND JAMIE WOLMAN EL1.8 mi · 1,054