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Willow Creek Elem

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 582 students

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Current score
95/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+3.4 ptsvs 91.6 average · 476 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
45 of 476tied with 48 others
A95

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 95 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 91.6 average for 476 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 3 points

92 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 95 is 3.4 points above the 91.6 average among 476 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 5 points

88 to 93 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 93 is 5.1 points above the 87.9 average among 466 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
85%vs 76.2% avg · +8.8 pts
Masters
54%vs 46.8% avg · +7.2 pts

Among 468 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Willow Creek Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 91.6 average for 476 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 45th of 476 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 48 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageWillow Creek Elem 9390919295 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 95 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26A9591.6 476 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9292.0 467 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9191.1 455 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9091.6 443 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9392.1 433 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement95 A+2.3 vs similar economic context · 468 reporting
  • School Progress93 A+5.1 vs similar economic context · 466 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps94 A+4.8 vs similar economic context · 463 reporting
  • Academic Growth93 A+6.6 vs similar economic context · 463 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+6.6 vs similar economic context · 466 reporting
  • Willow Creek Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (476 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement95A—
School Progress93A—
Closing the Gaps94A—
Academic Growth93A—
Relative Performance85B5

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (95), so School Progress (93) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 95.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level96%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 468 reporting
  • Meets grade level85%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 468 reporting
  • Masters grade level54%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 468 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 468 reporting
  • Meets grade level86%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 468 reporting
  • Masters grade level53%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 468 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 466 reporting
  • Meets grade level87%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 466 reporting
  • Masters grade level57%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 466 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level95%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 433 reporting
  • Meets grade level76%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 433 reporting
  • Masters grade level51%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 433 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (476 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
582
Economically disadvantaged
7.3%−2.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
2.2%−8.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.5%+8.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.4%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
4.3%−2.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Willow Creek Elem

African American: 2.4%Hispanic: 15.4%White: 74.7%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.4%Two or More Races: 5.9%
  • African American 2.4%
  • Hispanic 15.4%
  • White 74.7%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Two or More Races 5.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 476 reporting for every category shown · 476 in full cohort

African American: 5%Hispanic: 17.6%White: 48.5%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 22.7%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.7%
  • African American 5%
  • Hispanic 17.6%
  • White 48.5%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 22.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
578
Economically disadvantaged students
42
Emergent bilingual students
13
Special education students
136

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
15
Students in TEA mobility denominator
507
TEA-published mobility rate
3%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 582 students in 2025–26, an increase of 1 (0.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
582

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+1

Increase · +0.2%

Change since 2021–22
+16

Increase · +2.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
582
Selected comparison
872.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 471 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Willow Creek Elem
School yearStudents enrolledWillow Creek ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 566 First available year 882.9
2022–23 573 Increase of 7 (1.2%) 900.8
2023–24 583 Increase of 10 (1.7%) 891.9
2024–25 581 Decrease of 2 (0.3%) 884.3
2025–26 582 Increase of 1 (0.2%) 872.9

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
12

2.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
19

3.24 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
587

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
2.0%
Selected comparison
4.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 270 rated schools reporting

−2.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
3.24
Selected comparison
7.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 321 rated schools reporting

−4.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Willow Creek Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 547 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 585 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 586 Suppressed — 12 2.05 — 8
2023–24 581 11 1.9% 15 2.58 4.7% 8
2024–25 587 12 2.0% 19 3.24 4.7% 7.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Willow Creek Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 12 2.0% 19 3.24 4.7% 7.8
In-school suspensions 12 2.0% 15 2.56 4.4% 6.3
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Willow Creek Elem
  • Parent district: Humble ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,596
Selected comparison
$10,750

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 466 rated schools reporting

+$847 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,596 per student for this campus, $17,687 per student for its parent district, Humble ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearWillow Creek ElemParent district: Humble ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,473$13,591$13,054$7,205 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 394 rated schools reporting
2019$7,780$11,454$13,108$7,313 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 rated schools reporting
2020$8,925$12,500$14,058$7,625 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 415 rated schools reporting
2021$10,038$15,969$14,797$8,221 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 425 rated schools reporting
2022$12,967$15,855$15,708$9,422 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 434 rated schools reporting
2023$10,914$15,556$16,792$9,483 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 442 rated schools reporting
2024$12,033$16,627$18,125$10,104 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 455 rated schools reporting
2025$11,596$17,687$18,972$10,750 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 466 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$71,973+$2,501 vs similar economic context
Teachers
40−16.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.4−0.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Willow Creek Elem

Beginning: 2.5%1 to 5 years: 12.5%6 to 10 years: 23.7%11 to 20 years: 42.6%21 to 30 years: 16.2%Over 30 years: 2.5%
  • Beginning 2.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 12.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 23.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 42.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.2%
  • Over 30 years 2.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 476 reporting for every category shown · 476 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.2%1 to 5 years: 23.8%6 to 10 years: 20.1%11 to 20 years: 31.7%21 to 30 years: 16.9%Over 30 years: 2.5%
  • Beginning 4.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.9%
  • Over 30 years 2.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Willow Creek Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWillow Creek Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.319
Grade 118.519.2
Grade 221.219.7
Grade 319.821.6
Grade 423.620.4
Grade 520.822.4
Grade 6619.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

17 measures

  • 20of 873

    Math — Meets

    Harris County · of the 873 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 25of 873

    Math — Masters

    Harris County · of the 873 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 29of 874

    Reading — Approaches

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 13

  • 31of 874

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 33of 873

    Math — Approaches

    Harris County · of the 873 that report this measure · tied with 9

  • 36of 874

    All Subjects — Meets

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 5

  • 45of 911

    Overall score

    Harris County · of the 911 that report this measure · tied with 18

  • 46of 874

    Reading — Meets

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 8

  • 48of 874

    All Subjects — Masters

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 5

  • 54of 1,242

    Student Achievement

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,242 that report this measure · tied with 24

  • 95of 4,489

    Academic Growth

    Similar size · of the 4,489 that report this measure · tied with 54

  • 160of 4,537

    Closing the Gaps

    Similar size · of the 4,537 that report this measure · tied with 56

  • 178of 4,141

    Science — Masters

    Similar size · of the 4,141 that report this measure · tied with 20

  • 209of 4,537

    School Progress

    Similar size · of the 4,537 that report this measure · tied with 79

  • 225of 4,606

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Similar size · of the 4,606 that report this measure · tied with 13

  • 252of 4,612

    Attendance

    Similar size · of the 4,612 that report this measure · tied with 52

  • 378of 7,254

    Reading — Masters

    Texas average · of the 7,254 that report this measure · tied with 27

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 101913113.