The top reported proficiency rate is 40% in Math. The lowest is 7% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Spring Creek Isd
Spring Creek ISD ceased to exist as an independent school district on July 1, 2024, after voters approved consolidation with Borger ISD on May 4, 2024. The former district's territory is now part of Borger ISD. For families considering the Skellytown area, this consolidation means that school assignments, governance decisions, and tax obligations are now determined by Borger ISD rather than by a separate local authority.
Before the consolidation took effect, Spring Creek ISD served a small enrollment across pre-K through grade twelve. The district's state testing data from the 2023-24 school year, the final year it operated independently, reveals significant academic challenges. In mathematics, third grade performed at a proficient level across the board, fourth grade showed moderate proficiency, while fifth and eighth grades showed no students meeting proficiency standards. Sixth grade proficiency was low. In English language arts, performance was uneven. Third grade achieved a proficiency rate around the middle range, while fourth and fifth grades were below that. Sixth grade showed substantially stronger results, with a majority of students proficient. Eighth grade, like fourth grade, showed low proficiency. Science and social studies results at tested grades reflected similar patterns, with mostly low proficiency rates.
The district had experienced persistent enrollment decline, falling below the Texas Education Agency's minimum threshold for independent operation. By its final year, total enrollment stood at about eighty students spread across the full grade range, with some grades containing only a handful of pupils. The demographic composition was predominantly white, with a Hispanic minority population and very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not reported, and special population counts for students with disabilities or English learners were not available.
When placed against other districts in Hutchinson County, Spring Creek ISD's overall proficiency index fell to the bottom quartile. However, its chronic absenteeism rate sat above the county midpoint, suggesting relatively better daily attendance than some peers. The district's per-pupil current spending was notably higher than county comparables, reflecting the fiscal pressure of serving a small student population with fixed infrastructure and staffing costs.
With the merger into Borger ISD effective mid-2024, the independent district's story ended. Families in the former Spring Creek ISD service area should contact Borger ISD directly for current enrollment, programming, and school assignment information.
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