Creekside Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Mead, Washington, Creekside Elementary School caters to 355 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Mead School District.

Across the 17 schools in Mead School District (10,657 students total), Creekside Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Creekside Elementary School shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Spokane County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Creekside Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Creekside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of +3.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Spokane County indicate median household income runs about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Creekside Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

The closest other public school is Mead Open Doors, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Creekside Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

On this page, members of the Creekside Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.